Where does “kyns” come from?

kyns (Old Norse) comes from Old Irish cindas, from Old Irish cía indas, from Old Irish indas, from Proto-Celtic ind-astu-, from Proto-Celtic ad-sta, from Proto-Celtic sta.

kyns (Old Norse): indefinite genitive singular of kyn

Definitions

  1. indefinite genitive singular of kyn

Ancestry of “kyns”, step by step

kyns traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish cindas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcindashow?
2Old Irishcía indashow
3Old Irishindasstatus
4Proto-Celticind-astu-—
5Proto-Celticad-sta—
6Proto-Celticsta—

via Proto-Finnic künci

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicküncinail; claw
2Proto-Uralickünčenail

Words derived from “kyns”

Every word from Proto-Celtic sta →Every word from Proto-Celtic ad-sta →Every word from Proto-Celtic ind-astu- →