conucula

Latin

Alternative forms

• colucula
• conugla

Etymology

From colucula (by long-distance dissimilation of l...l to n...l), from colus (“distaff”) +‎ -ucula (diminutive suffix).

Noun

conucula f (genitive conuculae); first declension (Late Latin, Early Medieval Latin ?)

1. distaff

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	conucula	conuculae
genitive	conuculae	conuculārum
dative	conuculae	conuculīs
accusative	conuculam	conuculās
ablative	conuculā	conuculīs
vocative	conucula	conuculae

Descendants

• French: quenouille
• Italian: conocchia
• → German: Kunkel
• Sicilian: cunocchia

References

• "conucula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “colucula”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 928