Where does “chayn” come from?

chayn (Cornish) comes from English chain, from Middle English cheyne, from Old French chaine, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

chayn (Cornish): chain

Definitions

  1. chain

Ancestry of “chayn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchainA series of interconnected rings or links usually...
2Middle EnglishcheyneA chain; a series of links made of metal,...
3Old Frenchchaine
4Latincatēnachain
5Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

Words derived from “chayn

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kat-
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