Etymology Explorer › Old English

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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickinkōn—
2Proto-Germanickinkōnąto laugh loudly, kink
3Proto-Indo-Europeanganǵ-to mock, insult

Words derived from “cincian”

  • kink
  • kinky
  • gink
  • kinkiness
  • unkink
  • antikink
  • kinkily
  • chinkle
  • kinkle
  • nonkinky
  • unkinky
  • kinkless
  • kinkster
  • non-kinkster
  • kinken
  • kynken
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ganǵ- →