Where does “kippenpoot” come from?

kippenpoot (Dutch) comes from Dutch poot, from Middle Dutch pôte, from Old Dutch pota.

kippenpoot (Dutch): a chicken leg, the lower leg of a chicken

Definitions

  1. a chicken leg, the lower leg of a chicken

Ancestry of “kippenpoot”, step by step

kippenpoot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch poot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpootlimb of an animal; leg or foot; hand
2Middle Dutchpôtelimb, claw
3Old Dutchpota—

via Dutch kip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchkipA chicken, Gallus gallus domesticus; A female...
2Laoກີບhoof; kip
Every word from Old Dutch pota →