Where does “kyn” come from?

kyn (Middle English) comes from Old English cynn, from Proto-West Germanic *kuni, from Proto-Germanic kunją, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁yom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

kyn (Middle English): Alternative form of kyne

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of kyne

Ancestry of “kyn”, step by step

kyn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English cynn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcynnkind; tribe, race, species; family
2Proto-West Germanic*kunifamily, kin
3Proto-Germanickunjąkin, family, clan; omen, portent, miracle
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁yom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Middle English kie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishkieplural of cou
2Old Englishcȳcows
3Old Englishcūcow
4Proto-West Germanic*kōcow
5Proto-Germanic*kōzcow

Words derived from “kyn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁yom →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunją →