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Where does “cȳþþu” come from?

cȳþþu (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic kunþiþō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

cȳþþu (Old English): kinship, kinsfolk, relations

Definitions

  1. kinship, kinsfolk, relations

Ancestry of “cȳþþu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickunþiþōknowledge, acquaintance
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “cȳþþu”

  • kith
  • kithless
  • kithfolk
  • kiþ
  • kith
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →