voet

Japanese: voet
voet

… Another important series of degrees is that of the length of the foot from the heel to the toes. It is immediately clear from the meanings that Latin pes, English foot, German Fuss, Dutch voet, French pied, and Italian piede are examples of this. However, the actual meaning is unclear, and there are significant regional differences. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "voet" are listed below.

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Japanese:

… 〈度〉のもう一つの重要な系列として〈足のかかとからつま先までの長さ〉に関するものがあげられる。ラテン語ペスpes,英語フートfoot,ドイツ語フースFuss,オランダ語フートvoet,フランス語ピエpied,イタリア語ピエーデpiedeなどがその例であることは,語義からも直ちに理解されよう。ただしその実体はあいまいで,地域による差が著しかった。…

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