Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kosp

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

Unknown; possibly borrowed from Byzantine Greek κοῦσπα (koûspa, “fetter”).

Noun

*kosp m

1. fetter

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kosp
Genitive	*kospas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kosp	*kospō, *kospōs
Accusative	*kosp	*kospā
Genitive	*kospas	*kospō
Dative	*kospē	*kospum
Instrumental	*kospu	*kospum

Derived terms

• *kuspijan
  • Old English: cyspan
• *kospōn
  • Old English: cospian

Descendants

• Old English: cosp, cops;
  • Middle English: cospe, cops
    • English: cuffs
    • Scots: cuf, cuff
• Old Saxon: *kosp
  • ⇒ Old Saxon: lithocosp, lithokosp (attested as lithocospun, liđokospun (dative plural))
• → Late Latin: cuspus