Where does “kindergraph” come from?
kindergraph (English) comes from German kind, from Middle High German kint, from Old High German kind, from Proto-West Germanic kind, from Proto-Germanic kindą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
kindergraph (English): A photograph of a child
Ancestry of “kindergraph”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | kind | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | kint | — |
| 3 | Old High German | kind | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kind | child |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kindą | Alternative form of *kinþą; child; offspring |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |