Where does “quaille” come from?
quaille (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman quaille, from Latin quaccola, from Proto-Italic kwakklā, from Proto-Indo-European kʷóǵ⁽ʰ⁾-tl-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾- — to flee, escape.
quaille (Middle English): Alternative form of quayle
Definitions
- Alternative form of quayle
Ancestry of “quaille”, step by step