Where does “Kjint” come from?

Kjint (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German kint, from Old Saxon kind, from Proto-West Germanic kind, from Proto-Germanic kindą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

Kjint (Plautdietsch): child

Definitions

  1. child

Ancestry of “Kjint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankint—
2Old Saxonkindchild
3Proto-West Germanickindchild
4Proto-GermanickindąAlternative form of *kinþą; child; offspring
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “Kjint”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kindą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kind →