Where is neatsfoot oil obtained?

From a neat foot - NO, it's made from cows' feet and sometimes from other bones.

From shin bones and feet of cattle.


I read somewhere that "neat" is an old English word for Cattle.

Hmmm... I thought that *kine* was the Old English word for cattle.

Kine is also an old word for cattle. I looked it up in Websters just to get the details and here is what I found: Neat(3) an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox [bef. 900; ME neet; OE neat,]

And for Kine, Archaic, a pl of cow [ME kyn, OE cyna gen. pl. of cu cow]

I thought it was interesting that Kine was a plural of cu (pronounced coo) as cu is also the Pennsylvania Dutch word for cow, and the plural is Kee. I also thought it was interesting that my internet connection is so slow that I was able to look this up in an honest to goodness dictionary faster than Merriam-Websters could open on my computer!

Jerry, now I have more names to shout next time the cows get out, thanks.