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)

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

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