Where does “kéngen” come from?
kéngen (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German kīnen, from Old High German kīnan, from Proto-Germanic kīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵey-n-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵey- — to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...
kéngen (Luxembourgish): to sprout, to germinate
Ancestry of “kéngen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle High German | kīnen | to sprout |
| 2 | Old High German | kīnan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kīnaną | to split open, sprout, germinate |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey-n- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |