Where does “chīnen” come from?

chīnen (Middle English) comes from Old English ċīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *kīnan, from Proto-Germanic kīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵey-n-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵey- — to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...

chīnen (Middle English): to crack, fissure, split

Definitions

  1. to crack, fissure, split

Ancestry of “chīnen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishċīnanto break into pieces, burst, crack
2Proto-West Germanic*kīnanto split open
3Proto-Germanickīnanąto split open, sprout, germinate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵey-n-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵey-to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...

Words derived from “chīnen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵey-n- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kīnaną →