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Where does “pees” come from?

pees (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch pese, from Old Dutch pisa — sinew, string, fibre.

pees (Dutch): A sinew

Definitions

  1. A sinew

Ancestry of “pees”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchpesea sinew, tendon, string, pizzle
2Old Dutchpisasinew, string, fibre

Words derived from “pees”

  • pezen
  • bullepees
  • pezig
  • bullenpees
Every word from Old Dutch pisa →