Old Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cultellus, diminutive of culter (“knife, razor”).
Pronunciation[edit]
cochiello m (plural cochiellos)
- 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.
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