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Where does “tchul'lée” come from?

tchul'lée (Norman) comes from Norman tchulyi, from Latin cochleārium, from Latin cochleār, from Latin cochlea, from Ancient Greek κοχλίας, from Ancient Greek κόχλος — shellfish with a spiral shell, used for dyeing...

tchul'lée (Norman): spoonful

Definitions

  1. spoonful

Ancestry of “tchul'lée”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Normantchulyispoon
2Latincochleārium—
3Latincochleār—
4Latincochleasnail; snail shell; spiral
5Ancient Greekκοχλίαςsnail with a spiral-shell; spiral; spiral, snail...
6Ancient Greekκόχλοςshellfish with a spiral shell, used for dyeing...
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