Etymology Explorer › German

Where does “Kindstod” come from?

Kindstod (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.

Kindstod (German): cot death, crib death, sudden infant death...

Definitions

  1. cot death, crib death, sudden infant death...

Ancestry of “Kindstod”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankind—
2Middle High Germankint—
3Old High Germankind—
4Proto-West Germanickindchild
5Proto-GermanickindąAlternative form of *kinþą; child; offspring
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →