Where does “ċīnan” come from?

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

ċīnan (Old English): to break into pieces, burst, crack

Definitions

  1. to break into pieces, burst, crack

Ancestry of “ċīnan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*kīnanto split open
2Proto-Germanickīnanąto split open, sprout, germinate
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵey-n-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵey-to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...

Words derived from “ċīnan”

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