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Where does “Parkins” come from?

Parkins is the plural of parkin, formed with the diminutive suffix -kin, which derives from Middle English -kin, Old English -cian, Old English cynn meaning "kin," ultimately from Proto-Germanic kunją and Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- meaning "to beget."

Ancestry of “Parkins”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishParkin—
2EnglishPeter—
3Middle EnglishPeter—
4LatinPetrusPeter
5Indonesianpenembak—
6Indonesiantembak—
7Malaytembakto shoot
8MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
9Proto-Malayictimbak—
10Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—
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