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
Ancestry of “cynd”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *kundi | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kinþiz | kind, race |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
Words derived from “cynd”