Where does “kunde” come from?

kunde (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.

kunde (Middle English): kind, nature, sort

Definitions

  1. kind, nature, sort

Ancestry of “kunde”, step by step

kunde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English cynd

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

via Old English ġecynd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġecyndnature, kind
2Proto-GermanickundizAlternative form of *kinþiz
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic kinþiz →