cochiello

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• cuchiello

Etymology

From Latin cultellus, diminutive of culter (“knife, razor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈt͡ʃjeʎo/

Noun

cochiello m (plural cochiellos)

1. knife
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 40v:

     […] ⁊ ay dellas tan luengas. que fazen dellas mangos pora cochiellos.

     […] and they can be so elongated that they make handles for knives out of them.

Descendants

• Spanish: cuchillo