Where does “Kannkind” come from?

Kannkind (German) 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.

Kannkind (German): a child who may but need not be sent to primary school in a given year, depending mainly on the parents’ decision

Definitions

  1. a child who may but need not be sent to primary school in a given year, depending mainly on the parents’ decision

Ancestry of “Kannkind”, step by step

Kannkind traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German kind

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankindkid; child young person
2Middle High Germankintkid; child
3Old High Germankindkid; child
4Proto-West Germanickindchild
5Proto-GermanickindąAlternative form of *kinþą; child; offspring
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via German kann

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankannfirst/third-person singular present of können
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-Every word from Proto-Germanic kindąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic kind