tchiêsse

See also: tchiesse

Norman

Alternative forms

• tchusse (continental Normandy)
• tchuisse (Jersey)
• tchiesse (Guernsey)
• 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

tchiêsse f (plural tchiêsses)

1. (Jersey, anatomy) thigh