kwakkel

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch quackele, from *kwakila (compare Low German Quakkel), blend of *kwak (“quack”) and Proto-Germanic *hwahtilō (“quail”) (compare dialectal Dutch wachtel, German Wachtel), diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *kʷoḱt- (compare Latin co(c)turnīx, Lithuanian vaštaka, Sanskrit चातक (cātaka, “pied cuckoo”)), metathesis of *u̯ortokʷ- (“quail”) (compare Dutch kwartel). More at kwartel.

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Noun

kwakkel f, m (plural kwakkels, diminutive kwakkeltje n)

quail
(Belgium) (false) rumour

Derived terms

kwakkelweer

Related terms

kwakkelen

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