Where does “sauðkind” come from?

sauðkind (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic kind, from Old Norse kind, from Proto-Germanic kinþiz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

sauðkind (Icelandic): sheep

Definitions

  1. sheep

Ancestry of “sauðkind”, step by step

sauðkind traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic kind

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandickindrace, kind, kin; a sheep; used as a term of...
2Old Norsekindrace, kind, kin; creature, being
3Proto-Germanickinþizkind, race
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁tisbirth, production
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Icelandic sauður

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicsauðursheep; Castrated male sheep; An idiot or dope
2Old Norsesauðrsheep
3Proto-Germanicsauþazboiling; seething; wellspring; fountain; source;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂sewt-to roil; to move about, roil, seethe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic kinþiz →