Where does “-kin” come from?

-kin (English) comes from Middle English -kin, from Old English cynn, from Proto-West Germanic *kuni, from Proto-Germanic kunją, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁yom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

-kin (English): Used to form adjectives expressing resemblance or...

Definitions

  1. Used to form adjectives expressing resemblance or...

Ancestry of “-kin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle English-kinsmall
2Old Englishcynnkind; tribe, race, species; family
3Proto-West Germanic*kunifamily, kin
4Proto-Germanickunjąkin, family, clan; omen, portent, miracle
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁yom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “-kin”

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