cuttle

Betekenis (Engels)

Synonym of cuttlefish

Concepten

inktvis

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Synoniemen

cuttlefish

calamari

devilfish

octopus

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sepia

squid

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Vertalingen

seiche

sèpia

Tintenfisch

seiches

Sepiida

sepiida

seppia

lolligo

choco

sípia

sepiida

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈkʌtəl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: cutil

Overgenomen van Oudengels: cudele

Verwant aan Duits: Kudele

Verwant aan 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”).