kussin

Old High German

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Alternative forms

• chuissīn, chusse, chussī, cussen, cussī, cussīe, cussīn, kssīn, kuszīn

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kussīn, from Late Latin coxīnus. Compare Middle Dutch cussen. Old Frisian kessen, Old Saxon kussīn.

Noun

kussīn n

1. pillow (cushion for the head)
2. pad, cushioning

Declension

Declension of kussīn (neuter a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	kussīn	kussīn
accusative	kussīn	kussīn
genitive	kussīnes	kussīno
dative	kussīne	kussīnum
instrumental	kussīnu	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: küssen, küssein, küsse
  • Alemannic German: Chüssi

    Alsatian: Kissi, Kisse

    Swabian: Kissa

  • Bavarian: Kissn
  • Central Franconian: Kösse, Kössem, Küsse

    Hunsrik: Kisse

  • German: Kissen (obsolete Küssen)
  • Luxembourgish: Këssen
  • Rhine Franconian: Kisse, Kesse

    Palatine German: Kisse, Kesse

    Pennsylvania German: Kisse

  • Yiddish: קישן (kishn)

Old Saxon

The spelling of this entry has been normalized according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community or recent spelling standards of the language.

Alternative forms

• cussīn

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kussīn, from Late Latin coxīnus. Compare Middle Dutch cussen. Old Frisian kessen, Old High German kussīn.

Noun

kussīn n

1. pillow (cushion for the head)

Declension

Declension of kussīn (neuter a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	kussīn	kussīn
accusative	kussīn	kussīn
genitive	kussīnes	kussīnō
dative	kussīne	kussīnun
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: küssen, kuzen, cyssen, kößen
  • German Low German: Küssen
  • Plautdietsch: Kjessen