Where does “-ken” come from?

-ken (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch -kīn, from Proto-Germanic *-ukīn.

Ancestry of “-ken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch-kīn—
2Proto-Germanic*-ukīn—

Words derived from “-ken”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *-ukīn →Every word from Old Dutch -kīn →