Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kussīn

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cussīnus, cosīnus, coxīnus (“cushion, pillow”).

Noun

*kussīn n

  1. (Continental West Germanic) cushion, pillow
    Synonyms: *bolstr, *pulwī, *wangī

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *kussīn
Genitive *kussīnas
Singular Plural
Nominative *kussīn *kussīnu
Accusative *kussīn *kussīnu
Genitive *kussīnas *kussīnō
Dative *kussīnē *kussīnum
Instrumental *kussīnu *kussīnum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: kessen
  • Old Saxon: kussīn, cussīn
  • Old Dutch: *kussīn
    • Middle Dutch: cussin, cussine, cuossen (partially from Old French)
      • Dutch: kussen
        • Afrikaans: kussing
        • Negerhollands: kissintje, kisintśi (from the diminutive)
        • → Papiamentu: kusinchi, koesientje, bunsinchi (from the diminutive)
        • → Sranan Tongo: kunsu
          • → Aukan: kunsu
          • → Kari'na: kunsu
          • → Saramaccan: kúnsu
      • Limburgish: kösse
  • Old High German: kussīn, chuissīn, chusse, chussī, cussen, cussī, cussīe, cussīn, kssīn, kuszīn
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