cochiello

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [koˈtʃje.ʎo]

Noun

cochiello m (plural cochiellos)

  1. knife
    • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 40v.
      […] ¬ ay dellas tan luengas. que fazen dellas mangos pora cochiellos.
      […] and they can be so elongated that they make handles for knives out of them.

Descendants
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