Old English · noun

cudele

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: weak n-stem
IPA: /ˈku.de.le/
Syllables: ˈku · de · le (3 syllables)
Modern English: cuttlefish cuttle

Meaning

cuttlefish

Declension

Declension of cudele
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cudele	cudelan
Accusative	cudelan	cudelan
Genitive	cudelan	cudelena
Dative	cudelan	cudelum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kudulā, from Proto-Germanic *kudulǭ, a diminutive from Proto-Germanic *kuddô + -ulǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gewt- (“pouch, sack”), from *gew- (“to bend, bow, arch, vault, curve”). Equivalent to codd + -el.

Descendants

cuttle, cuttlefish

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