Where does “ċinn” come from?

ċinn (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic kinnu, from Proto-Germanic kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénu- — jaw, cheek, chin; cheek.

ċinn (Old English): chin

Definitions

  1. chin

Ancestry of “ċinn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickinnuchin, jaw
2Proto-Germanickinnuzcheek; chin, jaw
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénu-jaw, cheek, chin; cheek

Words derived from “ċinn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénu- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kinnuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kinnu →