cochiello
Old Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin cultellus, diminutive of culter (“knife, razor”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cochiello m (plural cochiellos)
- knife
- c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 40v.
- […] ¬ ay dellas tan luengas. que fazen dellas mangos pora cochiellos.
- […] and they can be so elongated that they make handles for knives out of them.
- […] ¬ ay dellas tan luengas. que fazen dellas mangos pora cochiellos.
- c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 40v.
Descendants
- Spanish: cuchillo