Etymology

chitterlings

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Today it means: Small intestine, cleaned and defatted, usually of a pig. Sometimes prepared with hog maws. Full definition →

Middle English cheterlingis ← Proto-Germanic *kūtiz ← Proto-Indo-European *gud-
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chitterlings · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gud-
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kūtiz
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcheterlingis
  4. English todaychitterlings

From Middle English cheterlingis, chitterling, chitterlynge, chytyrlynge, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kūtiz, *kut-, from Proto-Indo-European *gud-, *gewd- (“intestine, gut”), from *gʷu-, *gū- (“to bend, curve, bow, camber, vault, distend”). Compare Middle Low German kǖtel (“entrails, tripe”), German Kutteln (“tripe”) and Scots kyte (“belly, stomach”). Compare also Icelandic kviður (“stomach”).

chitterlings · noun2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*kūtiz all →

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