Where does “kiþen” come from?
kiþen (Middle English) comes from Old English cȳþan, from Proto-West Germanic kunþijan, from Proto-Germanic kunþijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
kiþen (Middle English): to kithe; to make known or reveal
Definitions
- to kithe; to make known or reveal
Ancestry of “kiþen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | cȳþan | to make known: tell, inform, announce, reveal, let know |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | kunþijan | to make known |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kunþijaną | to make known, announce |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |