cycene

Old English

Alternative forms

• cyċen, ciċene, ciċen, ciaċene, kyċene, kiċene

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kukinā, borrowed from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈky.t͡ʃe.ne/

Noun

cyċene f

1. kitchen

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	cyċene	cyċenan
accusative	cyċenan	cyċenan
genitive	cyċenan	cyċenena
dative	cyċenan	cyċenum

Derived terms

• cyċenþeġnung

Descendants

• Middle English: kychyn
  • English: kitchen (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: kitchen, kitchin, ketchin, keetchen
  • → Middle Irish: cisten
    • Irish: cistin
    • Manx: kishteen, kishtyn
    • Scottish Gaelic: cidsin