tchiesse

See also: tchiêsse

Norman

Alternative forms

• tchusse (continental Normandy)
• tchiêsse, tchuisse (Jersey)
• kyis (Sark)

Etymology

From an Old Northern French [Term?] variant of Old French cuisse, quisse, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin thigh, from Latin coxa (“hip”).

Noun

tchiesse f (plural tchiesses)

1. (Guernsey, anatomy) thigh
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 518:

     I' n'en reste ni tchiesse ni aïle.

     There remains neither leg nor wing.