quaille
Middle English
Noun
quaille
- Alternative form of quayle
Old French
Etymology
From Old Dutch *kwakila, Frankish *kwakla (compare Dutch kwakkel), blend of kwak (“quack”) and *hwahtila (“quail”). See the word quaccola, attested in the Reichenau glosses.
Noun
quaille f (oblique plural quailles, nominative singular quaille, nominative plural quailles)
- quail (bird)
Descendants
- English: quail
- French: caille