Where does “cueche” come from?

cueche (Champenois) comes from Old French cuisse, from Late Latin coxa, from Latin coxa, from Proto-Indo-European koḱs- — joint.

cueche (Champenois): thigh

Definitions

  1. thigh

Ancestry of “cueche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcuissethigh
2Late Latincoxathigh; hip , hipbone
3Latincoxahip (joint), hipbone
4Proto-Indo-Europeankoḱs-joint
Every word from Proto-Indo-European koḱs-Every word from Latin coxaEvery word from Late Latin coxa