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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kukkaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Likely 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
  • IPA(key): /ˈkuk.kɑz/

Noun

*kukkaz m

  1. cock, rooster, chicken
    Synonym: *hanô

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *kukkaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kukkaz *kukkōz, *kukkōs
vocative *kukk *kukkōz, *kukkōs
accusative *kukką *kukkanz
genitive *kukkas, *kukkis *kukkǫ̂
dative *kukkai *kukkamaz
instrumental *kukkō *kukkamiz
  • *kiukīną

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *kokk
    • Old English: cocc, coc
      • Middle English: cok, cocke, cock, kok, coke, cooke, cokke
        • English: cock
        • Scots: cock, cok
        • Yola: cuck
    • Old Dutch: *cocc
    • → Late Latin: coccus
      • Old French: coc (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Norse: kokkr
  • → Proto-Finnic: *kukkoi (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Hellquist, Elof (1922) “kyckling”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎ (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 380
  2. Torp, Alf (1919) “Kjukling”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 276
  3. 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
  4. Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  5. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kok2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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