kwakkel

Meaning

1. (feminine, masculine) synonym of kwartel (“quail”)
2. (Belgium, feminine, masculine) (false) rumour

Concepts

quail

Synonyms

kwartel

Translations

quaglia

caille

Wachtel

caille des blés

bıldırcın

guatlla

ορτύκι

codorniz

codorniz

coturnix

catla

سُمَان

codorna

سَلْوَى

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkʋɑ.kəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: quackele

Cognate with Low German: Quakkel

Cognate with Latin: coturnix

Cognate with Lithuanian: vaštaka

Cognate with Sanskrit: चातक

Cognate with Dutch: kwartel

In summary

From Middle Dutch quackele, from *kwakila (compare Low German Quakkel), blend of *kwak (“quack”) and Proto-Germanic *hwahtilō (“quail”) (compare dialectal Dutch wachtel, German Wachtel), diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *kʷoḱt- (compare Latin co(c)turnīx, Lithuanian vaštaka, Sanskrit चातक (cātaka, “pied cuckoo”)), metathesis of *u̯ortokʷ- (“quail”) (compare Dutch kwartel). More at kwartel. Not related to kwakkelen.