Where does “cincian” come from?
cincian (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic kinkōn, from Proto-Germanic kinkōną, from Proto-Indo-European ganǵ- — to mock, insult.
Ancestry of “cincian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | kinkōn | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kinkōną | to laugh loudly, kink |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ganǵ- | to mock, insult |
Words derived from “cincian”