kussin

Old High German

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Alternative forms

chuissīn, chusse, chussī, cussen, cussī, cussīe, cussīn, kssīn, kuszīn

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kussīn, from Late Latin coxīnus. Compare Middle Dutch cussen. Old Frisian kessen, Old Saxon kussīn.

Noun

kussīn n

pillow (cushion for the head)
pad, cushioning

Declension

Declension of kussīn (neuter a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	kussīn	kussīn
accusative	kussīn	kussīn
genitive	kussīnes	kussīno
dative	kussīne	kussīnum
instrumental	kussīnu	—

Descendants

Middle High German: küssen, küssein, küsse
- Alemannic German: Chüssi
  Alsatian: Kissi, Kisse
  
  Swabian: Kissa
- Bavarian: Kissn
- Central Franconian: Kösse, Kössem, Küsse
  Hunsrik: Kisse
- German: Kissen (obsolete Küssen)
- Luxembourgish: Këssen
- Rhine Franconian: Kisse, Kesse
  Palatine German: Kisse, Kesse
  
  Pennsylvania German: Kisse
- Yiddish: קישן (kishn)

Old Saxon