Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kudilǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Perhaps from *kuddô (“bag, sack”) +‎ *-ilǭ (plant and animal suffix).[1]

Noun

*kudilǭ f

  1. cuttlefish, squid, cephalopod

Inflection

Declension of *kudilǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kudilǭ *kudilōniz
vocative *kudilǭ *kudilōniz
accusative *kudilōnų *kudilōnunz
genitive *kudilōniz *kudilōnǫ̂
dative *kudilōni *kudilōmaz
instrumental *kudilōnē *kudilōmiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kudilā
    • Old English: cudele
      • Middle English: codulle, codel, codul, cotul, cutyl, cothell
  • Old Norse: *koðla[1]
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kaule (or borrowed from Middle Low German)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Torp, Alf (1919) “Kaula”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 261: “av *koðla”
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