An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Hode

by Friedrich Kluge

Hode, feminine, ‘testicle,’ from the equivalent Middle High German hode, Old High German hodo, neuter; compare Middle Dutch hode, and in Old Frisian hotha, ‘testicle.’ Of obscure origin; perhaps allied to Latin côleus, ‘scrotum,’ if it stands for *côtleus?.