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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *ǵi-n-, originally a nasal-present from Proto-Indo-European *ǵey- (“to split; sprout”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*kinō f
- A split; crack
- A germ; sprout
Inflection
Declension of *kinō (ō-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*kinō
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*kinôz
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| vocative
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*kinō
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*kinôz
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| accusative
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*kinǭ
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*kinōz
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| genitive
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*kinōz
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*kinǫ̂
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| dative
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*kinōi
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*kinōmaz
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| instrumental
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*kinō
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*kinōmiz
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Descendants
- Old English: ċinu; ċine
- (Old Frisian: *kīn)
- (Saterland Frisian: Kien n)
- Old Saxon: *kina; kin; kinislo; (*kīn m)
- Middle Low German: kinst m ?
- → Danish: kin (dialectal)
- Old Dutch: *kina