Where does “kyn” come from?
kyn (Middle Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic *kün, from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.
Ancestry of “kyn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Brythonic | *kün | — |
| 2 | Latin | cuneus | wedge, wedge shape; troops arrayed in a wedge... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ḱū | sting |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |