Where does “kynken” come from?
kynken (Middle English) comes from Old English cincian, from Proto-West Germanic kinkōn, from Proto-Germanic kinkōną, from Proto-Indo-European ganǵ- — to mock, insult.
Ancestry of “kynken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | cincian | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | kinkōn | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kinkōną | to laugh loudly, kink |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ganǵ- | to mock, insult |
Words derived from “kynken”