kouign
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Breton[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from presumed older French *cuigne, attested in various dialects as cuignet, cuignot, cuignole, quignon, etc., from coin (“wedge”), from Latin cuneus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kouign m (plural kouignoù)
Inflection[edit]
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Mutation of kouign
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Deshayes, Albert (2003) “kuign”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (in French), Douarnenez: Le Chasse-Marée, →ISBN
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cuneolus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1530