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English word quail comes from Frankish *kwakla, Proto-Germanic *hwahtilō, Old Dutch *kwak, Proto-Germanic *kwahtilō, and later Frankish *kwahtila (Quail.)
*kwakla (Frankish)
*hwahtilō (Proto-Germanic)
*kwak (Old Dutch)
*kwahtilō (Proto-Germanic)
*kwahtila (Frankish)
Quail.
*coacula (Vulgar Latin)
*kwakila (Old Dutch)
cuaille (Old French)
quaille (Anglo-Norman)
quaille (Middle English)
quail (English)
(obsolete) A prostitute, so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.. (uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.. Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.