Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kinō

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

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *ǵi-n-, originally a nasal-present from Proto-Indo-European *ǵey- (“to split; sprout”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.nɔː/

Noun

*kinō f

1. A split; crack
2. A germ; sprout

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *kinō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kinō	*kinôz
vocative	*kinō	*kinôz
accusative	*kinǭ	*kinōz
genitive	*kinōz	*kinǫ̂
dative	*kinōi	*kinōmaz
instrumental	*kinō	*kinōmiz

Related terms

• *kīnaną

Descendants

• Old English: ċinu; ċine
  • Middle English: chyne, chene, cheyne, chine, chyn, chynne
    • English: chine (chink)
    • Scots: chin, chun
• (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
  • Middle Dutch: kene
    • Dutch: keen