Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kudilǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Perhaps from *kuddô (“bag, sack”) +‎ *-ilǭ (plant and animal suffix).

Noun

*kudilǭ f

1. cuttlefish, squid, cephalopod

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *kudilǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kudilǭ	*kudilōniz
vocative	*kudilǭ	*kudilōniz
accusative	*kudilōnų	*kudilōnunz
genitive	*kudilōniz	*kudilōnǫ̂
dative	*kudilōni	*kudilōmaz
instrumental	*kudilōnē	*kudilōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kudilā
  • Old English: cudele
    • Middle English: codulle, codel, codul, cotul, cutyl, cothell
      • English: cuttle
        • ⇒ English: cuttlefish
• Old Norse: *koðla
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kaule (or borrowed from Middle Low German)