Where does “kindlily” come from?
kindlily (English) comes from English kindly, from Middle English kyndely, from Old English cyndelīċ, from Old English cynde, from Old English cynd, from Proto-West Germanic *kundi, from Proto-Germanic kinþiz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
kindlily (English): In a kindly manner
Definitions
- In a kindly manner
Ancestry of “kindlily”, step by step
kindlily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English kindly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kindly | Having a kind personality; kind, warmhearted,... |
| 2 | Middle English | kyndely | Natural, normal, unexceptional |
| 3 | Old English | cyndelīċ | natural, kindly |
| 4 | Old English | cynde | innate |
| 5 | Old English | cynd | generation, race |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *kundi | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kinþiz | kind, race |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |