quaccola

Latin

Alternative forms

quacara, quacquara, quaquara, quacula, qualea, quasquaila (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Italic *kwakklā, from earlier *kwaktlā, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷóǵ⁽ʰ⁾-tl-eh₂, from *kʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾- (“to flee”), or perhaps borrowed from cognate Proto-West Germanic *hwahtlā (“quail”). Possible doublet of cōturnīx, cocturnīx (“quail”). Apparently reborrowed back into Proto-West Germanic as *kwattulā.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷak.ko.la/, [ˈkʷäkːɔɫ̪ä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwak.ko.la/, [ˈkwäkːolä]

Noun

quaccola f (genitive quaccolae); first declension[1]

(Late Latin, nonstandard) quail
- a. 800, Cod. Augiensis perg. CCXLVIII, page 18v column 2 line 1 a fine:
  coturnix ·quaccola·
  coturnix means quail

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quaccola	quaccolae
Genitive	quaccolae	quaccolārum
Dative	quaccolae	quaccolīs
Accusative	quaccolam	quaccolās
Ablative	quaccolā	quaccolīs
Vocative	quaccola	quaccolae

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Sicilian: quagghia
North-Italian:
- Friulian: cuaie
  - Gallo-Italic:
    - Ligurian: quâgia
    - Piedmontese: quaja
- Romansch: quacra
- Venetian: quàja
Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: câlye
- Old French: cuaille, coaile, couaile, quail, quaile, quaille
  - French: caille
  - → Italian: quaglia
  - Middle English: quayle, quaile, quaille, queyle, qwayle
    - English: quail
    - Scots: quail
Occitano-Romance:
- Old Catalan: guatla
  - Catalan: guatlla, guatla
- Old Occitan: catla, guatla
  - Occitan: catla, calha
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: gualla
- Spanish: coalla (only attested once)
Borrowings:
- → Middle Dutch: quackel, quackele
  - Dutch: kwakkel
- → Proto-West Germanic: *kwattulā (see there for further descendants)

References

Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “coacula”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 331

[1] Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “coacula”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 331