Reconstruction:Old English/cecel

This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old English

Alternative forms

*cœ̄ċel

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kōkil, diminutive of *kōkō (“cake”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.t͡ʃel/

Noun

*cēċel m

a small cake

Declension

Declension of *cecel (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cēċel	cēċlas
accusative	cēċel	cēċlas
genitive	cēċles	cēċla
dative	cēċle	cēċlum

Synonyms

ciċel

Descendants

Middle English: kechel, kechell, kechyl
- English: ketch (“a pie or turnover”) (dialectal)

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