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

  1. chicken

Declension
  Declension of kjúklingr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
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

References
  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
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