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

• *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)