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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

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

  1. cap, crest

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

Descendants
  • Old High German: kupfia, kupphia; kupfa, kupha, chuppa, chuppha (borrowed?[2])
    • Middle High German: kupfe, gupfe, kuffe
  • → Late Latin: cofia

Further reading

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