querquedula

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-, imitative of harsh sounds, from *ḱer-, same source as cornix (“crow”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʷɛrˈkʷɛ.dʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kʷerˈkʷɛː.du.la] === Noun === querquedula f (genitive querquedulae); first declension A kind of duck, perhaps the teal. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Vulgar Latin: *cercedula (see there for further descendants) === References === “querquedula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “querquedula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Self-published: Xlibris, →ISBN