Kissen
German (Berlin)
/ˈkɪsən/
noun
Definitions
- cushion; pillow bag filled with soft material used to sit or rest one’s head on
- (by extension) all the soft parts of a bed, i.e. mattress, duvet, and pillow collectively
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German küssen inherited from Old High German kussīn derived from Old French cussin derived from Latin *coxīnus, coxa (hip, thigh, later also thigh, the hip-joint non-gloss definition).
Origin
Latin
coxa
Gloss
hip, thigh, later also thigh, the hip-joint non-gloss definition
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coxa English
- coxalgy English
- cushion English
- cushionless English
- cushionlike English
- cushiony English
- pincushion English
- thump-cushion English
- *coxinum Latin
- *coxīnum Latin
- *coxīnus Latin
- coxa Latin
- coxalis Latin
- coxo Latin
- culcita Latin
- cōxus Latin
- thigh, coxa Latin
- Boot German
- Kissenschlacht German
- Kopf German
- Kopfkissen German
- Kopfkissenbezug German
- Luft German
- Luftkissenboot German
- Nadel German
- Nadelkissen German
- Plüsch German
- Plüschkissen German
- Schlacht German
- coscia Italian
- afkussen Dutch, Flemish
- hoofdkussen Dutch, Flemish
- kussen Dutch, Flemish
- kussengevecht Dutch, Flemish
- kussensloop Dutch, Flemish
- luchtkussen Dutch, Flemish
- oorkussen Dutch, Flemish
- rolkussen Dutch, Flemish
- sierkussen Dutch, Flemish
- springkussen Dutch, Flemish
- coussin French
- *koḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- クッション Japanese
- cusshon Middle English
- cúisín Irish
- coxarius Old Norse
- coissin Old French
- cuisse Old French
- cussin Old French
- kuseno Esperanto
- cuixa Catalan, Valencian
- coxa Galician
- coapsă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cussen Middle Dutch
- cussin Middle Dutch
- kussīn Old High German
- kussing Afrikaans
- küssen Middle High German
- Këssen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- kofshë Albanian
- coixa Old Portuguese
- 咕𠱸 Chinese
- coapsã Aromanian
- Chüssi Alemannic German
- cuesse Friulian
- coscia Sicilian
- cuscinu Sicilian
- copsa Dalmatian
- Kisse Pennsylvania German
- Koppekisse Pennsylvania German
- Kuschen Pennsylvania German
- cosa Istriot
- coscia Corsican
- cuixa Aragonese