Where does “kušin” come from?

kušin (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian cuscino, from Old French coissin, from Latin coxinum, from Latin coxa, from Proto-Indo-European koḱs- — joint.

kušin (Serbo-Croatian): pillow

Definitions

  1. pillow

Ancestry of “kušin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancuscinocushion, pillow
2Old Frenchcoissincushion
3Latincoxinum—
4Latincoxahip (joint), hipbone
5Proto-Indo-Europeankoḱs-joint
Every word from Proto-Indo-European koḱs- →Every word from Latin coxa →Every word from Latin coxinum →