Where does “kide” come from?

kide (Middle English) comes from Old Norse kið, from Proto-Germanic kidją, from Proto-Indo-European gidʰ- — kid, goatling, little goat.

kide (Middle English): kid, young goat; kid meat, the meat of a young...

Definitions

  1. kid, young goat; kid meat, the meat of a young...

Ancestry of “kide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekiða goatling, kid
2Proto-Germanickidjąa goatling; kid
3Proto-Indo-Europeangidʰ-kid, goatling, little goat

Words derived from “kide

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gidʰ-