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Where does “cunde” come from?

cunde (Middle English) comes from Old English cynd, from Proto-West Germanic *kundi, from Proto-Germanic kinþiz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

cunde (Middle English): kind, nature; natural, native, kind

Definitions

  1. kind, nature; natural, native, kind

Ancestry of “cunde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcyndgeneration, race
2Proto-West Germanic*kundi—
3Proto-Germanickinþizkind, race
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁tisbirth, production
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “cunde”

  • kind
  • unkind
  • kinder
  • unkindly
  • unkindness
  • kindhearted
  • kindheartedness
  • overkind
  • unkindliness
  • kindheartedly
  • kindless
  • overkindness
  • kindship
  • godkind
  • kindhood
  • kinds
  • kindsome
  • underkind
  • kind-heartedness
  • olkain
  • kain kain
  • kain
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