cudele

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kudulā, from Proto-Germanic *kudilǭ, a diminutive from Proto-Germanic *kuddô + -ilǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gewt- (“pouch, sack”), from *gew- (“to bend, bow, arch, vault, curve”). Equivalent to codd +‎ -el.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.de.le/

Noun

cudele f (nominative plural cudelan)

  1. cuttlefish
    Synonym: wāsesċite

Usage notes

  • The exact gender is not known, as the term is glossed once without reference to gender, but based on the phonology and spelling, it is likely a feminine weak noun.
  • That the first vowel is /u/ and not /o/ or /i/ suggests that the word was earlier *cudole.

Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

singular plural
nominative cudele cudelan
accusative cudelan cudelan
genitive cudelan cudelena
dative cudelan cudelum

Descendants

  • Middle English: codulle, codel, codul, cotul, cutyl, cothell
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