Where does “quenouille” come from?
quenouille (French) comes from Late Latin conucula, from Latin colucula, from Latin colus, from Proto-Italic kʷelus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷélus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
quenouille (French): distaff; cattail
Ancestry of “quenouille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | conucula | — |
| 2 | Latin | colucula | — |
| 3 | Latin | colus | distaff; spinning, spun thread; Alternative form... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kʷelus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷélus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
Words derived from “quenouille”