querquedula

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-, imitative of harsh sounds, from *ḱer-, same source as cornix (“crow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

querquedula f (genitive querquedulae); first declension

  1. A kind of duck, perhaps the teal

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative querquedula querquedulae
genitive querquedulae querquedulārum
dative querquedulae querquedulīs
accusative querquedulam querquedulās
ablative querquedulā querquedulīs
vocative querquedula querquedulae

Descendants

  • French: sarcelle

References

  • “querquedula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • querquedula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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