Where does “Kudla” come from?

Kudla (English) comes from Czech kudla, from French coutelas, from French -asse, from Old French -ace, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “Kudla”, step by step

Kudla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech kudla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechkudlajackknife
2FrenchcoutelasA large kitchen knife
3French-asseSuffix forming the first-person singular...
4Old French-aceSuffix used to form feminine, usually concrete...
5Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
6Latin-āxish, -y
7Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Polish kudła

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishkudłaA person or animal with shaggy hair or fur
2Proto-Slavic*kǫdьla
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós