Reconstruction:Old Dutch/cabillao

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Alternative reconstructions

• *cabillau
• *cabeljau

Etymology

Possibly from Latin baculum (“stick, staff”).

Noun

*cabillao m

1. cod

Inflection

Declension of *cabillao (masculine wa-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	*cabillao	*cabillawa
accusative	*cabillao	*cabillawa
genitive	*cabillawes	*cabillawo
dative	*cabillawe	*cabillawon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: cabelliau
  • Dutch: kabeljauw
    • Afrikaans: kabeljou
      • → English: kabeljou

Further reading

• “kabeljau”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012