Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kōkil

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

From *kōkō (“cake”) +‎ *-il (diminutive suffix).

Noun

*kōkil (m)

1. a little cake; bun

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kōkil
Genitive	*kōkilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kōkil	*kōkilō, *kōkilōs
Accusative	*kōkil	*kōkilā
Genitive	*kōkilas	*kōkilō
Dative	*kōkilē	*kōkilum
Instrumental	*kōkilu	*kōkilum

Related terms

• *kakil
• *kakā

Descendants

• Old English: *cēċel, *cœ̄ċel
  • Middle English: kechel, kechell, kechyl
    • English: ketch (“a pie or turnover”) (dialectal)
• Old Saxon: *kōkil
  • ⇒ Old Saxon: kōkelīn (in compounds)
    • Middle Low German: kȫkelîn
• Old Dutch: *kuokil
  • Middle Dutch: *coekel
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: coekelkin
  • ⇒ Old Dutch: *kuokilīn
    • Middle Dutch: coekelin
• Old High German: kuohhil, kuochil
  • Middle High German: kuchel
    • German: Küchel
    • Luxembourgish: Kichel
  • ⇒ Old High German: kuohhilīn, kuochilīn
    • Middle High German: kuchelīn, küechelīn
      • German: Küchlein