Where does “Kjintheit” come from?

Kjintheit (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Kjint, 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.

Kjintheit (Plautdietsch): childhood, infancy

Definitions

  1. childhood, infancy

Ancestry of “Kjintheit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschKjintchild
2Middle Low Germankint—
3Old Saxonkindchild
4Proto-West Germanickindchild
5Proto-GermanickindąAlternative form of *kinþą; child; offspring
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kindą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kind →
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