Where does “kintheit” come from?

kintheit (Middle High German) comes from Old High German kindheit, from Old High German kind, from Proto-West Germanic kind, from Proto-Germanic kindą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

kintheit (Middle High German): childhood

Definitions

  1. childhood

Ancestry of “kintheit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankindheitchildhood
2Old High Germankindkid; child
3Proto-West Germanickindchild
4Proto-GermanickindąAlternative form of *kinþą; child; offspring
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “kintheit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kindą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kind →