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Where does “pese” come from?

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

pese (Middle Dutch): a sinew, tendon, string, pizzle

Definitions

  1. a sinew, tendon, string, pizzle

Ancestry of “pese”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchpisasinew, string, fibre

Words derived from “pese”

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