Where does “-kin” come from?

-kin (Middle English) comes from Old English cynn, from Proto-West Germanic *kuni, from Proto-Germanic kunją, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁yom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

-kin (Middle English): small

Definitions

  1. small

Ancestry of “-kin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcynnkind; tribe, race, species; family
2Proto-West Germanic*kunifamily, kin
3Proto-Germanickunjąkin, family, clan; omen, portent, miracle
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁yom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “-kin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁yom →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunją →