- Old
French quaille (Modern
French caille),
perhaps via
Medieval Latin quaccula (source also of Provençal calha,
Italian quaglia,
Portuguese calha, Old...
- gabiola, L caveola), mail (1320; L macula), pill (1400),
quail (c. 1300; ML
quaccula), rail (1320; L regula), rail (1460; VL rasculum), rail (1450s; VL ragula)...
- ship's cabin" ( < Du kajuit)
caille "quail" ( < OFr
quaille < ML quaquila,
quaccula < Frk *kwakkula < Gmc, cf MDu kwackele, OHG
quahtala "quail") caillebotter...
