Where does “kunni” come from?

kunni (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *kuni, from Proto-Germanic kunją, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁yom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

kunni (Old High German): gender, kind; kinship, family, tribe, people;...

Definitions

  1. gender, kind; kinship, family, tribe, people;...

Ancestry of “kunni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*kunifamily, kin
2Proto-Germanickunjąkin, family, clan; omen, portent, miracle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁yom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁yom →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunją →