cuttle

Betekenis (Engels)

Synonym of cuttlefish

Sinonieme

cuttlefish

calamari

devilfish

octopus

🐙

sepia

squid

🦑

Vertalings

seiche

sèpia

Tintenfisch

seiches

Sepiida

sepiida

seppia

lolligo

inktvis

🦑

choco

sípia

sepiida

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkʌtəl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: cutil

Geërf van Old English: cudele

Verwante met Duits: Kudele

Verwante met Noors: kaule

In summary

From Middle English cutil, codel, codul, from Old English cudele (“cuttlefish”), a diminutive from Proto-Germanic *kudilǭ, from Proto-Germanic *kuddô + -ilǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gewt- (“pouch, sack”), from *gew- (“to bend, bow, arch, vault, curve”). Equivalent to cod + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare dialectal German Kudele (“cuttlefish”), Norwegian kaule (“cuttlefish”).