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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kiukīn

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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

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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *kiukīną, *kukkīną, from n-stem *keukô ~ *kukkaz (rooster, chicken) + *-īnaz (diminutive). Cognate with Old Norse kjúklingr (chicken).[1][2][3]

Noun

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*kiukīn n

  1. chicken

Inflection

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Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *kiukīn
Genitive *kiukīnas
Singular Plural
Nominative *kiukīn *kiukīnu
Accusative *kiukīn *kiukīnu
Genitive *kiukīnas *kiukīnō
Dative *kiukīnē *kiukīnum
Instrumental *kiukīnu *kiukīnum

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “kyckling”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 380
  2. ^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Kjukling”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 276
  3. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Küken”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 417