kodde

From Old Danish koddæ, from Old Norse koddi (“pillow”), from Proto-Germanic *kuddô (“bag, sag, purse”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewt- (“pouch, sack”), from *gew- (“to bend, bow, arch, vault, curve”). Cognates include Swedish kudde and English cod

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʌðə]

kodde c (singular definite kodden, plural indefinite kodder)

1. (obsolete, dialect) testicle (and scrotum) (mainly animals)

• “kodde” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Middle Dutch codde (“testicle, club”), from Proto-Germanic *kuddô, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European *geu (“to curve, to bend”); same source as Old Armenian կոր (kor), Lithuanian gurnas (“ankle, hip, bone”), and Norwegian kaure (“curly lock of hair”). Cognate to Low German Koden (“belly, paunch”), English cod, Danish kodde (“testicle”), Swedish kudde (“cushion”), Faroese koddi (“pillow”), Icelandic koddi (“pillow”).

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kodde f (plural kodden, diminutive koddetje n or kodje n)

1. club (weapon)
2. (by extension) penis
3. tail, esp. of a dog, cat or pig
4. (by extension) tail of a kite
5. (by extension) arse
6. (by extension) cattail, bulrush
7. (obsolete) joke

• (joke): koddig

• → Lokono: kodya

From Old Norse koddi.

kodde m (definite singular kodden, indefinite plural kodder, definite plural koddene)

1. pillow
2. cushion

• “kodde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.