Also kabbelow. [a. F. cabillaud, cabliau, Du. kabeljauw, a name used (according to Franck) by all the coast Germans since the 14th c.; MLG. kabelaw, Ger. kabliau, kabeljau, Sw. kabeljo, Da. kabeljau, med.L. cabellauwus (A.D. 1133 in Carpentier’s Du Cange). It has been generally regarded as a transposed form of bakeljauw, bakkeljau, BACALAO, which is however not compatible with the history of that word, q.v.] Cod-fish; ‘codfish which has been salted and hung for a few days, but not thoroughly dried; also, a dish of cod mashed’ (Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk.).
1696. W. Mountague, Delights Holland, 36. A good Dish of Cabilliau, Cod-Fish, of which the Dutch in general are great Admirers.
1731. Medley, Kolben’s Cape G. Hope, II. 188. At the Cape there are several sorts of the fish call’d Cabeliau.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., Kabbelow.
