Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kinþą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*kindą

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *ǵénh₁tom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to bear, give birth”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkin.θɑ̃/

Noun

*kinþą n

child

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *kinþą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kinþą	*kinþō
vocative	*kinþą	*kinþō
accusative	*kinþą	*kinþō
genitive	kinþas, kinþis	*kinþǫ̂
dative	*kinþai	*kinþamaz
instrumental	*kinþō	*kinþamiz

Related terms

*kinþiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *kind
- Old Frisian: kind
- Old Saxon: kind
  - Middle Low German: kind, kint, kynd
    - Dutch Low Saxon: kind, kiend, keend
    - German Low German: Kind
    - → Old Frisian: kind
      - West Frisian: kyn
- Old Dutch: kint
  - Middle Dutch: kint
    - Dutch: kind
      - Afrikaans: kind
      - Jersey Dutch: känt
      - Negerhollands: kind, kint, kin, ken
      - Skepi Creole Dutch: kente, kinte
    - Limburgish: kindj
- Old High German: kind, kint, chind
  - Middle High German: kind, kint
    - Alemannic German: Chind
      Swabian: Kend
      Vorarlbergerisch: Kiand
      Walser: Chend
    - Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: khinn
      Viennese: Kind
    - Central Franconian: Kend, Kenk
      Eifelisch: King, Kond, Könd
      Hunsrik: Kind
      Kölsch: Kind
      Luxembourgish: Kand
    - East Central German:
      Erzgebirgisch: [kʰɪnt]
      Vilamovian: kynd
    - German: Kind
      - →? Italian: citto
    - Rhine Franconian: Kind, Kend, Keend, Kenn, Kinn
      Frankfurterisch: [kʰint]
      Pennsylvania German: Kind
    - Yiddish: קינד (kind)
Gothic: *𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌳 (*kind) (adduced from personal names)
- ⇒ Old High German: Cendamirus
- ⇒ Old High German: Censindus
- ⇒ Old High German: Cindaswinth
- ⇒ Old High German: Cintila

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