Where does “-kin” come from?

-kin (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon -kīn, from Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn.

Ancestry of “-kin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxon-kīn—
2Proto-West Germanic*-ukīn—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn →Every word from Old Saxon -kīn →