Reconstruction:Old English/cecel

This Old English 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 English

Alternative forms

• *cœ̄ċel

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kōkil, diminutive of *kōkō (“cake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.t͡ʃel/

Noun

*cēċel m

1. a small cake

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	cēċel	cēċlas
accusative	cēċel	cēċlas
genitive	cēċles	cēċla
dative	cēċle	cēċlum

Synonyms

• ciċel

Descendants

• Middle English: kechel, kechell, kechyl
  • English: ketch (“a pie or turnover”) (dialectal)