cuchiello

Old Leonese

Alternative forms

• cuchielo (Zamora)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cultellus.

Noun

cuchiello m

1. knife
   • 1017, Fuero de León‎^[1]:

     Quim boluir el mercado público que façem al miercores, assi como fu fecho de antigo tempo, prendano cum nudos cuchiellos et com espadas et com lanças

     Whoever returns to the public market we do in wednesday, just as it has been done since old, arrest him with with knotted knives and swords and with lances

   • 1296, Fuero de Çamora‎^[2]:

     84: Todo omne que ferir a otro omne seguro con cuchielo o con otra arma qualquier de que lo livore, muerra por ello. E se el ferido morir, arastrenlo e enforquenlo como aleyvoso.

     Any man who injures another man with a knife or any other weapon that injuries him, dies for it. And if the wounded dies, drag him and hung him as if he were a thug.

Descendants

• Asturian: cuchiellu, cuchellu, cutellu
• Leonese: cuchiellu

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• cochiello, guchiello

Etymology

From Latin cultellus, diminutive of culter (“knife, razor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈt͡ʃjeʎo/

Noun

cuchiello m (plural cuchiellos)

1. knife
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 64r:

     De natura es fria ⁊ humida. Et fazen della mangos pora cuchiello ⁊ pora eſpadas […]

     It is cold and damp in nature, and they make handles for knives and swords out of it […]

   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 89r.:

     Et ſi la muelen ⁊ traen los poluos della sobre uaſos o otra manera alguna de plata, o de metal, faz lo claro ⁊ muy fremoſo. ⁊ eſſo miſmo faz alas eſpadas ⁊ alos cuchielos^[sic], ⁊ demas aguza los.

     And if they grind it and use the dust on cups or other silver or metalware, it makes it shiny and beautiful. And it does the same with swords and knives, and it also sharpens them.

Descendants

• Spanish: cuchillo (see there for further descendants)
• → Aragonese: cuchiello, cochillo