cycene

Old English

Alternative forms

cyċen, ciċene, ciċen, ciaċene, kyċene, kiċene

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kukinā, borrowed from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈky.t͡ʃe.ne/

Noun

cyċene f

kitchen

Declension

Declension of cycene (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cyċene	cyċenan
accusative	cyċenan	cyċenan
genitive	cyċenan	cyċenena
dative	cyċenan	cyċenum

Derived terms

cyċenþeġnung

Descendants

Middle English: kychyn
- English: kitchen (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: kitchen, kitchin, ketchin, keetchen
- → Middle Irish: cisten
  - Irish: cistin
  - Manx: kishteen, kishtyn
  - Scottish Gaelic: cidsin

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