Reconstruction:Old English/cecel

This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kōkil, diminutive of *kōkō (“cake”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeː.t͡ʃel/

Noun

*cēċel m

  1. a small cake

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative *cēċel *cēċlas
accusative *cēċel *cēċlas
genitive *cēċles *cēċla
dative *cēċle *cēċlum

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Middle English: kechel, kechell, kechyl
    • English: ketch (“a pie or turnover”) (dialectal)
    • → Irish: císte
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