conucula
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From colucula (by long-distance dissimilation of l...l to n...l), from colus (“distaff”) + -ucula (diminutive suffix).
Noun
[edit]conucula f (genitive conuculae); first declension (Late Latin, Early Medieval Latin ?)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | conucula | conuculae |
| genitive | conuculae | conuculārum |
| dative | conuculae | conuculīs |
| accusative | conuculam | conuculās |
| ablative | conuculā | conuculīs |
| vocative | conucula | conuculae |
Descendants
[edit]- French: quenouille
- Italian: conocchia
- → German: Kunkel
- Sicilian: cunocchia
References
[edit]- conucula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “colucula”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 928