cycene

Old English

Alternative forms

cyċen, ciċene, ciċen, ciaċene, kyċene, kiċene

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kukinǭ (“kitchen”), probably borrowed from Vulgar Latin *cocīna (“kitchen”) (whence Spanish cocina, French cuisine, etc.), from Latin coquīna (“kitchen”). Akin to Old High German chuhhina (German Küche (“kitchen”), Middle Dutch cōkene (“kitchen”), Danish køkken (“kitchen”). More at cōc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkyt͡ʃene/

Noun

cyċene f

kitchen

Declension

Declension of cycene (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cyċene	cyċenan
accusative	cyċenan	cyċenan
genitive	cyċenan	cyċenena
dative	cyċenan	cyċenum

Descendants

Middle English: kychyn, kytchen, kichene, küchen, cuchen, kuchene, kicen, kechyn, kychyne, kechoun, cuchyn, kytchyn, kichen, kychoun, kechene, kycchen, kitchen
- English: kitchen
  - → Bole: kicin
  - → Hausa: kicin
  - → Fiji Hindi: kichin
  - → Japanese: キッチン (kitchin), キチン (kichin)
  - → Saanich: kəčən
  - → Sotho: kitjhine
  - → Zulu: ikhishi
- Scots: kitchen, kitchin, ketchin, keetchen
- → Middle Irish: cisten
  - Irish: cistin
  - Manx: kishteen, kishtyn
  - Scottish Gaelic: cidsin