Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kosp

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

Etymology

Unknown; possibly borrowed from Byzantine Greek κοῦσπα (koûspa, “fetter”).

Noun

*kosp m

fetter

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kosp
Genitive	*kospas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kosp	kospō, kospōs
Accusative	*kosp	*kospā
Genitive	*kospas	*kospō
Dative	*kospē	*kospum
Instrumental	*kospu	*kospum

Derived terms

*kuspijan
- Old English: cyspan
*kospōn
- Old English: cospian

Descendants

Old English: cosp, cops;
- Middle English: cospe, cops
  - English: cuffs
  - Scots: cuf, cuff
Old Saxon: *kosp
- ⇒ Old Saxon: lithocosp, lithokosp (attested as lithocospun, liđokospun (dative plural))
→ Late Latin: cuspus

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