different between kidney vs ringo

English

Etymology

From Middle English kednei, kidenei, from earlier kidn?re, kiden?re (“kidney”), of obscure origin and formation. Probably a compound consisting of Middle English *kid, *quid (“belly, womb”), from Old English cwiþ, cwiþa (“belly, womb, stomach”) + Middle English n?re (“kidney”), from Old English *n?ora (“kidney”), from Proto-Germanic *neurô (“kidney”), from Proto-Indo-European *neg??r- (“kidney”). If so, then related to Scots nere, neir (“kidney”), Saterland Frisian Njuure (“kidney”), Dutch nier (“kidney”), German Niere (“kidney”), Danish nyre (“kidney”), Norwegian nyre (“kidney”), Swedish njure (“kidney”), Ancient Greek ?????? (nephrós).

Alternate etymology traces the first element to Old English c?od, codd (“sack, scrotum”), from Proto-Germanic *keud? (“sack”) as the terms for testicle and kidney were often interchangeable in Germanic (compare Old High German nioro (“kidney", also "testicle”), Old Swedish vig-niauri (“testicle”). More at codpiece.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?dni/

Noun

kidney (plural kidneys)

1. An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine.
2. This organ (of an animal) cooked as food.
3. (figuratively, dated) Constitution, temperament, nature, type, character, disposition. (usually used of people)
   • 30th June, 1788, Robert Burns, letter to Mr Robert Ainslie

     Your poets, spendthrifts, and other fools of that kidney, pretend, forsooth, to crack their jokes on prudence.
4. (obsolete, slang) A waiter.

Synonyms

• rein
• nephros
• ren

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• renal
• suprarenal

Anagrams

• dinkey

Crimean Gothic

Alternative forms

• rinck

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

Noun

ringo

1. ring
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Rinck sive Ringo. Annulus.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rin?o/
• Hyphenation: rin?go

Noun

ringo (accusative singular ringon, plural ringoj, accusative plural ringojn)

1. ring

Derived terms

• brakringo

Ido

Noun

ringo (plural ringi)

1. ring, circlet
2. ferrule

Japanese

Romanization

ringo

1. R?maji transcription of ???
2. R?maji transcription of ???

Spanish

Verb

ringo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of ringar.