Where does “kende” come from?

kende (Middle English) comes from Old English ġecynde, from Old English cynde, 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.

Ancestry of “kende”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġecyndeinnate, natural, native; natural
2Old Englishcyndeinnate
3Old Englishcyndgeneration, race
4Proto-West Germanic*kundi—
5Proto-Germanickinþizkind, race
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁tisbirth, production
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic kinþiz →
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