Words that come from Proto-West Germanic kind

180 words across 33 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic kind — including Chris, Christine, kindergarten, kinder, Kinshasa, Chrissy, prekindergarten, kindergartner.

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German (101)

English (25)

Yiddish (6)

Cimbrian (4)

Plautdietsch (4)

Finnish (3)

French (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Russian (2)

Japanese (2)

Hungarian (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Spanish (2)

Old High German (2)

Middle High German (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Cebuano (1)

Armenian (1)

Danish (1)

Greenlandic (1)

Polish (1)

Hebrew (1)

Dutch (1)

Central Franconian (1)

German Low German (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Malay (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

East Central German (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Hindi (1)