húð

Icelandic

/huːð/

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) skin
  • hide
  • (uncountable) a thin coating; plating

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse húð inherited from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz (hide, skin) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kuHtis.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kuHtis

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