Feminine

Quappe

Meaning

burbot, Lota lota

Concepts

freshwater cod

mud blower

mother eel

ling-cod

eel pout

bourbot

Synonyms

Trüsche

Aalrutte

Quappaal

Trische

Ruppe

Treische

Rutte

Hammelfleischfisch

Translations

kwabaal

puitaal

aalpuit

بربوط

البربوط

λότα η ποταμία

Lota lota

lota-do-rio

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkva.pə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German quappe, kape, kope, from Old High German quappo, kwappo (“burbot, eelpout”) (also Old High German quappa, kwappa (“tadpole, burbot”)), from Proto-West Germanic *kwabbā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂bʰ- (“to sink, submerge, dive”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kwabbe (“burbot, eelpout; tadpole”), West Frisian kwabbe, kwab, Dutch kwab (“burbot; lobe”).

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