kouign
Breton
Etymology
Borrowed from presumed older French *cuigne, attested in various dialects as cuignet, cuignot, cuignole, quignon, etc., from coin (“wedge”), from Latin cuneus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuɲ/
Noun
kouign m (plural kouignoù)
- cake, bun, brioche
Inflection
Mutation of kouign
| Breton consonant mutation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | |
| singular | kouign | gouign | c'houign | unchanged |
| plural | kouignoù | gouignoù | c'houignoù | unchanged |
Descendants
- →⇒ English: kouign-amann
- →⇒ French: kouign-amann
References
- Deshayes, Albert (2003), “kuign”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (in French), Douarnenez: Le Chasse-Marée, →ISBN
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “cuneolus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1530