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Where does “cydelic” come from?

cydelic (Old English) comes from Old English cynde, from Old English cynd, from Proto-West Germanic *kundi, from Proto-Germanic kinþiz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

Ancestry of “cydelic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcyndeinnate
2Old Englishcyndgeneration, race
3Proto-West Germanic*kundi—
4Proto-Germanickinþizkind, race
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁tisbirth, production
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “cydelic”

  • cundelich
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →