cuchiello

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• cochiello, guchiello

Etymology

From Latin cultellus, diminutive of culter (“knife, razor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈt͡ʃjeʎo/

Noun

cuchiello m (plural cuchiellos)

1. knife
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 64r:

     De natura es fria ⁊ humida. Et fazen della mangos pora cuchiello ⁊ pora eſpadas […]

     It is cold and damp in nature, and they make handles for knives and swords out of it […]

   • Idem, 89r.

     Et ſi la muelen ⁊ traen los poluos della sobre uaſos o otra manera alguna de plata, o de metal, faz lo claro ⁊ muy fremoſo. ⁊ eſſo miſmo faz alas eſpadas ⁊ alos cuchielos, ^[sic] ⁊ demas aguza los.

     And if they grind it and use the dust on cups or other silver or metalware, it makes it shiny and beautiful. And it does the same with swords and knives, and it also sharpens them.

Descendants

• Spanish: cuchillo (see there for further descendants)
• → Aragonese: cuchiello, cochillo