Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kūskī

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 Latin conscius (“conscious”) +‎ *-ī (adjective suffix).

Adjective

*kūskī

1. chaste

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*kūskī
Genitive	*kūskijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*kūskī	*kūskiju	*kūskī
Accusative	*kūskijanā	*kūskijā	*kūskī
Genitive	*kūskijas	*kūskijeʀā	*kūskijas
Dative	*kūskijumē	*kūskijeʀē	*kūskijumē
Instrumental	*kūskiju	*kūskijeʀu	*kūskiju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*kūskijē	*kūskijō	*kūskiju
Accusative	*kūskijā	*kūskijā	*kūskiju
Genitive	*kūskijeʀō	*kūskijeʀō	*kūskijeʀō
Dative	*kūskijēm, *kūskijum	*kūskijēm, *kūskijum	*kūskijēm, *kūskijum
Instrumental	*kūskijēm, *kūskijum	*kūskijēm, *kūskijum	*kūskijēm, *kūskijum

Alternative reconstructions

• *kų̄skī

Derived terms

• *kūskihaidu
• *kūskilīk
• *kūskilīkō
• *kūskiþu
• *kūskō
• *unkūskihaidu
• *unkūskilīk
• *unkūskilīkō
• *unkūskī

Descendants

• Old English: cūsċ
• Old Frisian: kūsk
  • West Frisian: kuwsch
• Old Saxon: *kūski
  • Middle Low German: kǖsch, kǖsche
  • → Danish: kysk
  • → Norwegian: kysk
  • → Swedish: kysk
• Old Dutch: *kūski
  • Middle Dutch: cuusch
    • Dutch: kuis, kuus (dialectal)
      • Afrikaans: kuis
• Old High German: kūski
  • Middle High German: kiusche, kiusch, kūsch
    • German: keusch