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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | ġecynde | innate, natural, native; natural |
| 2 | Old English | cynde | innate |
| 3 | Old English | cynd | generation, race |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kundi | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kinþiz | kind, race |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |