wachtel

From Middle Dutch wachtele, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *wahtilu or *hwahtlā.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑx.təl/

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• Rhymes: -ɑxtəl

wachtel m (plural wachtels, diminutive wachteltje n)

1. (archaic) synonym of kwartel (“quail”)

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “wachtel”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /vaxtɛːlʲ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /vaxtelʲ/

wachtel m animacy unattested

1. alternative form of achtel