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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kiukīn

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *kukkīn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kiukīną, *kukkīną, from n-stem *keukô ~ *kukkaz (“rooster, chicken”) + *-īnaz (diminutive). Cognate with Old Norse kjúklingr (“chicken”).[1][2][3]

Noun

*kiukīn n

  1. chicken

Inflection
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
  • 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
    • Middle High German: kūchelīn

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
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