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

(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

*haubidakussīn

Descendants

Old Frisian: kessen
- Saterland Frisian: Käsen
- West Frisian: kessen
Old Saxon: kussīn, cussīn
- Middle Low German: küssen, kuzen, cyssen, kößen
  - German Low German: Küssen
  - Plautdietsch: Kjessen
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
- 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)

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