Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kiukīn
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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-West Germanic edit
Alternative reconstructions edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *kiukīną, *kukkīną, from n-stem *keukô ~ *kukkaz (“rooster, chicken”) + *-īnaz (diminutive). Cognate with Old Norse kjúklingr (“chicken”).[1][2][3]
Noun edit
*kiukīn n
Inflection edit
| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *kiukīn | |
| Genitive | *kiukīnas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *kiukīn | *kiukīnu |
| Accusative | *kiukīn | *kiukīnu |
| Genitive | *kiukīnas | *kiukīnō |
| Dative | *kiukīnē | *kiukīnum |
| Instrumental | *kiukīnu | *kiukīnum |
Descendants edit
- Old English: ċicen, ċiccen, ċycen, ċiacen
- Old Frisian: *tsiūken
- North Frisian: Schückling
- Saterland Frisian: Sjuuken
- Old Saxon: *kiukīn
- Old Dutch: *kiukīn
- Old High German: *kuhhīn, *kuchīn
References edit
- ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “kyckling”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary][1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 380
- ^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Kjukling”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 276
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Küken”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 417