cudele

== Old English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈku.de.le/ === Noun === cudele f (nominative plural cudelan) cuttlefish Synonym: wāsesċite ==== Usage notes ==== The exact gender is not known, as the term is glossed once without reference to gender, but based on the phonology and spelling, it is likely a feminine weak noun. That the first vowel is /u/ and not /o/ or /i/ suggests that the word was earlier *cudole. ==== Declension ==== Weak n-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: codulle, codel, codul, cotul, cutyl, cothell English: cuttle ⇒ English: cuttlefish