cosyn

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French cosin (and feminine cosine), inherited from Latin cōnsōbrīnus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈziːn/, /ˈkuzin/, /ˈkoːzin/

Noun

cosyn (plural cosyns)

  1. A member of one's family; one's partner, relative or their partner:
    1. One's progeny; those who descend from one's lineage.
    2. A nibling (niece or nephew); a child of one's brother or sister
    3. One's direct cousin; a child of one's aunt or uncle.
    4. (rare) Something bearing similarity to something else.

Descendants

  • English: cousin
  • Scots: kizzen (Shetlandic cüshin)
  • Yola: cozeen

References

Welsh

Etymology

Originally a singulative form of caws (“cheese”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cosyn m (plural cosynnau)

  1. (countable) a cheese
    • 2021, Cathi McGill, Het Wellt a Welis: Blwyddyn Gron yn Astwrias, Carreg Gwalch, page 30:
      Yn ardal Gamonéu a bwlch Covadonga, uwchlaw'r llynnoedd, cwrddais i â gwraig oedd yn ei hwythdegau bryd hynny, yn byw mewn caban heb ddŵr na thrydan, ffynnon o flaen y drws a thân yn llosgi'n barhaol o dan simnai fawr. Ar y silffoedd o garreg, caws. Cosyn ar ôl cosyn yn aeddfedu yn y mwg.
      In the Gamonéu and Covadonga pass region, above the lakes, I met a woman who was in her eighties at the time, living in a cabin without water or electricity, a well in front of the door and a fire constantly burning under a large chimney. On the stone shelves, cheese. Cheese after cheese maturing in the smoke.
  • caws (“cheese (countable)”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cosyn gosyn nghosyn chosyn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “caws”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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