conucula

Latin

Alternative forms

• colucula
• conugla

Etymology

From colucula (by long-distance dissimilation of l...l to n...l), from colus (“distaff”) +‎ -ucula (diminutive suffix).

Noun

conucula f (genitive conuculae); first declension (Late Latin, Early Medieval Latin ?)

1. distaff

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	conucula	conuculae
Genitive	conuculae	conuculārum
Dative	conuculae	conuculīs
Accusative	conuculam	conuculās
Ablative	conuculā	conuculīs
Vocative	conucula	conuculae

Descendants

• French: quenouille
• Italian: conocchia
• → German: Kunkel
• Sicilian: cunocchia

References

• conucula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “colucula”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 928