kjúklingr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *keukilīngaz, *kukkilīngaz, from n-stem *keukô ~ *kukkaz (“rooster, chicken”) + *-līngaz (diminutive). Cognate with North Frisian schückling (“chicken”), Proto-West Germanic *kiukīn (“chicken”).[1][2][3]

Noun

kjúklingr m

chicken

Declension

Declension of kjúklingr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kjúklingr	kjúklingrinn	kjúklingar	kjúklingarnir
accusative	kjúkling	kjúklinginn	kjúklinga	kjúklingana
dative	kjúklingi	kjúklinginum	kjúklingum	kjúklingunum
genitive	kjúklings	kjúklingsins	kjúklinga	kjúklinganna

Descendants

Icelandic: kjúklingur
Faroese: kjúklingur
Norwegian Nynorsk: kjukling
Norwegian Bokmål: kjukling
Swedish: kyckling
Danish: kylling
- Norwegian Bokmål: kylling
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: kylling

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

[1] Hellquist, Elof (1922), “kyckling”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 380

[2] Torp, Alf (1919), “Kjukling”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 276

[3] 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