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Yiddish
Etymology
By surface analysis, קיניג (kinig) + ־ל (-l). Either directly inherited from Middle High German küniklīn, küniglin, from a folk etymological interpretation of Old French connil (albeit later rebracketed to be considered as suffixed by ־ל (-l), hence the neuter gender and the ־עך (-ekh) plural form); or a calque of Polish królik, itself a calque of the Middle High German term. Related to German Karnickel. Compare also German Kaninchen, also with a diminutive suffix.
Noun
קיניגל • (kinigl) n, plural קיניגלעך (kiniglekh)
- rabbit (mammal)
- Synonyms: קראָליק (krolik), קרוליק (krulik)
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “קיניגל” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “קיניגל”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN