Турецкое произношение
kweylСинонимы
blanch,
blench,
cringe,
droop,
faint,
falter,
flinch,
have cold feet,
quake,
recoil,
shake,
shudder,
start,
tremble,
winceПроизношение
/ˈkwāl/ /ˈkweɪl/
Этимология
() From Middle English quaille, quayle, from Old French quaille (Modern French caille), from Low Frankish *kwakkala (compare Dutch (Flemish) kwakkel), blend of Proto-Germanic *kwakōnan (“to croak”) (more at quack) and Proto-Germanic *hwahtalō (“quail”) (compare Dutch (Limburg) kwattel, German Wachtel, Danish vagtel), from Proto-Indo-European *kwak- (“to croak”) (compare Hittite akuwakuwash (“frog”), Old Church Slavonic квакати (kvakati), Ancient Greek κοάξ (koáx, comic word formed to immitate a frog's croaking)).