kodde
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch codde (“testicle, club”), from Proto-Germanic *kuddô, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European *geu (“to curve, to bend”); same source as Old Armenian կոր (kor), Lithuanian gurnas (“ankle, hip, bone”), and Norwegian kaure (“curly lock of hair”). Cognate to Low German Koden (“belly, paunch”), English cod, Danish kodde (“testicle”), Swedish kudde (“cushion”), Faroese koddi (“pillow”), Icelandic koddi (“pillow”).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
kodde f (plural kodden, diminutive koddetje n or kodje n)
- club (weapon)
- (by extension) penis
- tail, esp. of a dog, cat or pig
- (by extension) tail of a kite
- (by extension) arse
- (by extension) cattail, bulrush
- (obsolete) joke
Derived terms edit
- (joke): koddig
Descendants edit
- → Lokono: kodya
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
kodde m (definite singular kodden, indefinite plural kodder, definite plural koddene)
Further reading edit
- “kodde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.