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Where does “cynd” come from?

cynd (Old English) comes 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.

cynd (Old English): generation, race

Definitions

  1. generation, race

Ancestry of “cynd”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cynd”

  • kind
  • unkind
  • kinder
  • unkindly
  • unkindness
  • womankind
  • kindhearted
  • kindheartedness
  • overkind
  • unkindliness
  • kindheartedly
  • kindless
  • overkindness
  • kindship
  • godkind
  • kindhood
  • kinds
  • kindsome
  • underkind
  • kind-heartedness
  • womynkind
  • icunde
  • mankynde
  • kynde
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