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Proto-West Germanic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kiukīną, *kukkīną, from n-stem *keukô ~ *kukkaz (“rooster, chicken”) + *-īnaz (diminutive). Cognate with Old Norse kjúklingr (“chicken”).[1][2][3]
Noun
*kiukīn n
- chicken
Inflection
| Neuter a-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*kiukīn
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| Genitive
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*kiukīnas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*kiukīn
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*kiukīnu
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| Accusative
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*kiukīn
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*kiukīnu
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| Genitive
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*kiukīnas
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*kiukīnō
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| Dative
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*kiukīnē
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*kiukīnum
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| Instrumental
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*kiukīnu
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*kiukīnum
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Descendants
References
- ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “kyckling”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 380
- ^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Kjukling”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 276
- ^ 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
