Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kuffju

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Alternative forms

*kuffjā[1]

Etymology

Unknown;[2] possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewp-, whence Proto-Germanic *skuftą (“tuft, hair”). Perhaps also related to Proto-Germanic *kuppaz.[3][4]

Noun

*kuffju f

cap, crest

Declension

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kuffju
Genitive	*kuffjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kuffju	*kuffjō
Accusative	*kuffjā	*kuffjā
Genitive	*kuffjā	*kuffjō
Dative	*kuffjē	*kuffjōm
Instrumental	*kuffju	*kuffjōm

Descendants

Old High German: kupfia, kupphia; kupfa, kupha, chuppa, chuppha (borrowed?[2])
- Middle High German: kupfe, gupfe, kuffe
→ Late Latin: cofia
- Old French: coife, cofe, coif, coiffe, coifve
  - Middle French: coiffe, coeffe
    - French: coiffe
  - Middle English: coyfe, coyffe, coiffe, coyf, coif
    - English: coif, coiffe
- Romanian: coif
- → Spanish: cofia (learned)

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “cofia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 20: Autres langues, page 836: “westgerm. kufja, kuffja”
Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Kuppe”, 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 420: “Dringt erst im 18. Jh. aus dem Niederdeutschen in die Schriftsprache; hochdeutsche Entsprechungen sind ahd. kupfa ‘Kopfbedeckung’, mhd. kupfe, gupfe. Die Wörter sind sicher entlehnt;”
Fick, August (1890–1909) Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), 4th edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 470
Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 285

[1] Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “cofia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 20: Autres langues, page 836: “westgerm. kufja, kuffja”

[EWddS-2] Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Kuppe”, 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 420: “Dringt erst im 18. Jh. aus dem Niederdeutschen in die Schriftsprache; hochdeutsche Entsprechungen sind ahd. kupfa ‘Kopfbedeckung’, mhd. kupfe, gupfe. Die Wörter sind sicher entlehnt;”

[3] Fick, August (1890–1909) Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), 4th edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 470

[4] Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 285