köken: Inherited from Old French espagneul, espaigneul, a Gallicization of Old Occitan espaignol (“Spanish”), from Vulgar Latin *Hispāniolus (“Spanish”), from Hispānia (“Spain”). First used as Espainholz in the 14th century by Gaston III of Foix, who described them in a book on hunting. An alternative theory derives it from the Old French verb espeignir (“lay down”), in reference to the behavior of the…
köken: Borrowed from English spaniel, ultimately from Old French espaigneul (modern French épagneul), from Old Occitan espaignol, from Vulgar Latin *Hispāniolus (“Spanish”), from Hispānia (“Spain”).
aile: Amerikaanse waterspaniël, Blue Picardy-spaniël, Boykin spaniël, Cavalier King Charles-spaniël, Clumberspaniël, Duitse spaniël, Engelse cockerspaniël, Engelse springerspaniël, Fieldspaniël, Ierse waterspaniël