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

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *ǵénh₁tom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to bear, give birth”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkin.θɑ̃/

Noun

*kinþą n

  1. child

Inflection

Declension 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

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kind
    • Old Frisian: kind
    • Old Saxon: kind
      • Middle Low German: kint
        • Low German: Kind
          • Dutch Low Saxon: kind, kiend, keend
          • German Low German: Kind
        • → Old Frisian: kind
          • West Frisian: kyn
    • Old Dutch: kind, kint
    • Old High German: kind, kint, chind, chint
  • Gothic: *𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌳 (*kind) (adduced from personal names)
    • ⇒ Old High German: Cendamirus
    • ⇒ Old High German: Censindus
    • ⇒ Old High German: Cindaswinth
    • ⇒ Old High German: Cintila

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kinþa- ~ *kinda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 288
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