Masculine

kokkel

Meaning

edible cockle

Concepts

common cockle

Synonyms

kokhaan

kokkelboon

Translations

Herzmuschel

bucarde

hénon

rigadeau

Cardiidae

cardidi

sourdon

croque

aţvades

Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch cockille (“shell”) and English cockle, both from French coquille (“shell”), from Latin conchula (“little shell”), the diminutive of Latin concha (“mussel; oyster”), from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “konkhē”). The word is attested in modern Dutch in West-Flanders with indications that it descended from Middle Dutch cockille, but its meaning was wider ("shell" rather than "cockle") and most usage of the word outside of that province seems to be more recent, and is probably a borrowing from English.

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