cycene

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kukinā, borrowed from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈky.t͡ʃe.ne/

Noun

cyċene f

  1. kitchen

Declension

Weak n-stem:

singular plural
nominative cyċene cyċenan
accusative cyċenan cyċenan
genitive cyċenan cyċenena
dative cyċenan cyċenum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: kychyn
    • English: kitchen (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: kitchen, kitchin, ketchin, keetchen
    • Middle Irish: cisten