cudgel
English
/ˈkʌdʒəl/
noun
Definitions
- A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
- (figurative) Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English kuggel inherited from Old English cyċġel (cudgel, a large stick) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kuggilaz (knobbed instrument), *kuggǭ (swelling, cog) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gewgʰ- (swelling, bow), *gew- (hand, bend, curve) suffix from English cog (small boat).
Origin
English
cog
Gloss
small boat
Kanji
舟
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- becudgel English
- cog English
- coggery English
- coggle English
- cogless English
- coglike English
- cograil English
- cogset English
- cogwheel English
- cudgeler English
- cudgeller English
- Kugel German
- γυιός Ancient Greek
- γυῖον Ancient Greek
- γύαλον Ancient Greek
- γῦρος Ancient Greek
- ἐγγύς Ancient Greek
- *gew- Proto-Indo-European
- *gewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gewl- Proto-Indo-European
- *gu(H)- Proto-Indo-European
- *gup- Proto-Indo-European
- *kuggilaz Proto-Germanic
- *kuggǭ Proto-Germanic
- cyċġel Old English
- cogge Middle English
- kuggel Middle English
- havregrynskugle Danish
- ildkugle Danish
- kugle Danish
- kugleramme Danish