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

cuttlefish, squid, cephalopod

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension 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
    - English: cuttle
      - ⇒ English: cuttlefish
Old Norse: *koðla^[1]
- Norwegian Bokmål: kaule (or borrowed from Middle Low German)

References

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

[NEO-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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