Question 1

What is the etymology of thr French word "caille"?

Accepted Answer

(beginning of the 12th century) from Old French quaille, from Latin quaccola (gloses of reichenau, 8th c.), borrowed from Frankish kwakila (cf. Flemish kwakkel), resulting from the crossing of kwak "cacabe" and hwahtila "quail", itself continued by regional Dutch wachtel and related to German wachtel.

Question 2

What does the French word "caille" mean?

Accepted Answer

First person singular of the indicative present of cailler.
Third person singular of the indicative present of cailler.
First person singular of the subjunctive present of cailler.
Third person singular of the subjunctive present of cailler.
Second person singular of the imperative of cailler.

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