pizzle

Meaning

Noun

• The penis of an animal.
• A baton made from the penis of an ox, once used to beat men and animals.

Origin

• From Dutch Low Saxon pesel or West Flemish pezel, diminutive of Middle Dutch pese, from Old Dutch *pisa, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *faso ("sinew, fiber"); see Old High German faso for details.
• Cognate with Dutch pees, Middle Low German pese ("tendon, bowstring"), Dutch pees ("sinew, tendon"), German Low German Peserick ("pizzle"), dialectal German Pisel.