kouign
Breton edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from presumed older French *cuigne, attested in various dialects as cuignet, cuignot, cuignole, quignon, etc., from coin (“wedge”), from Latin cuneus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kouign m (plural kouignoù)
Inflection edit
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Mutation of kouign
Descendants edit
- →⇒ English: kouign-amann
- →⇒ French: kouign-amann
References edit
- Deshayes, Albert (2003) “kuign”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (in French), Douarnenez: Le Chasse-Marée, →ISBN
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cuneolus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1530