Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kukkaz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editLikely from original n-stem *keukô ~ *kukkaz.[1][2][3] Ultimately of imitative origin, similar to Sanskrit कुक्कुट (kukkuṭa, “rooster”), Proto-Slavic *kokošь (“hen”). Some sources believe the Germanic forms to be borrowed from Late Latin coccus rather than the other way around.[4][5]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*kukkaz m
Inflection
editmasculine a-stemDeclension of *kukkaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *kukkaz | *kukkōz, *kukkōs | |
vocative | *kukk | *kukkōz, *kukkōs | |
accusative | *kukką | *kukkanz | |
genitive | *kukkas, *kukkis | *kukkǫ̂ | |
dative | *kukkai | *kukkamaz | |
instrumental | *kukkō | *kukkamiz |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *kokk
- Old Norse: kokkr
- → Proto-Finnic: *kukkoi (see there for further descendants)
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
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kok2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute