Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kudilā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kudilǭ. Equivalent to *kuddō (“bag, sack”) +‎ *-ilā (plant and animal suffix).

Noun

*kudilā f

1. cuttlefish, squid, cephalopod

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kudilā
Genitive	*kudilōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kudilā	*kudilōn
Accusative	*kudilōn	*kudilōn
Genitive	*kudilōn	*kudilōnō
Dative	*kudilōn	*kudilōm, *kudilum
Instrumental	*kudilōn	*kudilōm, *kudilum

Descendants

• Old English: cudele
  • Middle English: codulle, codel, codul, cotul, cutyl, cothell
    • English: cuttle
      • ⇒ English: cuttlefish