cycene

Old English

Alternative forms

• ciaċene, ciċene, kiċene, kyċene
• ciċen, cyċen — ō-stem

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 n-stem:

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

Derived terms

• cyċenþeġnung

Descendants

• Middle English: kichene
  • English: kitchen (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle Scots: kechin, keching, kiching
    • Scots: kitchen, keetchin
  • → Middle Irish: cisten
    • Irish: cistin
    • Manx: kishteen, kishtyn
    • Scottish Gaelic: cidsin