kabeljauw

kabeljauw (plural kabeljauws)

1. (South Africa) Synonym of Atlantic cod (“Gadus morhua”)

From Middle Dutch cabelliau, from Old Dutch *cabillao, possibly from Latin baculum (“stick, staff”), referring to the way cod were split and dried on wooden sticks. Or, with metathesis from/influenced by Basque bakailao (“cod”), Portuguese bacalhau (“cod”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaː.bəlˈjɑu̯/

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• Hyphenation: ka‧bel‧jauw
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯

kabeljauw m (plural kabeljauwen, diminutive kabeljauwtje n)

1. A cod, fish of the family Gadidae.
2. (particularly) Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

• kabeljauwfilet
• kabeljauwvisser

• bakkeljauw

• Afrikaans: kabeljou
  • → English: kabeljou

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN