huig
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch huch, huuch, huych, borrowed through Middle High German from Middle Low German hūk. Of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly borrowed from North Germanic, or possibly from a variant of Proto-Germanic *hūbǭ (“head covering”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -œy̯x
huig (file)
Noun
huig f (plural huigen, diminutive huigje n)
- uvula (appendage that hangs from the palate)
Further reading
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “huig”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute