quaille

Middle English

Noun

quaille

Alternative form of quayle

Old French

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kwakila, Frankish *kwakla (compare Dutch kwakkel), blend of kwak (“quack”) and *hwahtila (“quail”). See the word quaccola, attested in the Reichenau glosses.

Noun

quaille f (oblique plural quailles, nominative singular quaille, nominative plural quailles)

quail (bird)

Descendants

English: quail
French: caille

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