kūšys

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kuḱis (“(female) pubic hair; vulva”). Cognate with Persian کس (kos, “vulva”) and Latvian kūsis (“pubic hair, vulva”). Possibly a euphemism from the older meaning "belly", preserved in Sanskrit कुक्षि (kukṣí, “belly”).

Noun

kūšỹs m

1. pubic hair
2. vulva

References

• “kūšys”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
• Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 507