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Latin
Etymology
Probably from the same root of Proto-Slavic *košь (“basket”).[1] De Vaan finds a connection with the root of quatio (“I shake, brandish”) conceivable.[2]
Noun
quālum n (genitive quālī); second declension
- wicker basket or hamper
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Derived terms
References
- “qualum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- qualum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “qualum”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 397
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “qualus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 504