Etymology Explorer › Middle Dutch

Where does “cule” come from?

cule (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch kūla, from Proto-Germanic kūlō.

cule (Middle Dutch): hole in the ground, dip, pit

Definitions

  1. hole in the ground, dip, pit

Ancestry of “cule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchkūla—
2Proto-Germanickūlō—

Words derived from “cule”

  • valkuil
  • kuil
Every word from Proto-Germanic kūlō →