Where does “kīnan” come from?

kīnan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic kīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵey-n-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵey- — to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...

kīnan (Old Dutch): to split, to tear

Definitions

  1. to split, to tear

Ancestry of “kīnan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickīnanąto split open, sprout, germinate
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵey-n-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵey-to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...

Words derived from “kīnan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵey-n- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kīnaną →