kin
Afrikaans
noun
Definitions
- (alternative form of) ken.
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish kin (chin) inherited from Middle Dutch kinne inherited from Old Dutch kinni inherited from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (chin, cheek) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (jaw, chin, cheek).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵénus
Gloss
jaw, chin, cheek
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
頤
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- keno Finnish
- gena Latin
- kin Dutch, Flemish
- kinband Dutch, Flemish
- kinstuk Dutch, Flemish
- onderkin Dutch, Flemish
- ἀζήν Ancient Greek
- *ǵénu- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵénus Proto-Indo-European
- *kanipaz Proto-Germanic
- *kinnuz Proto-Germanic
- cin Old English
- ċinn Old English
- kinn Old Norse
- kinne Middle Dutch
- kinni Old High German
- ginach Old Irish
- ken Afrikaans
- 𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- kinni Old Dutch
- *genus Proto-Celtic
- *ȷ́ʰánuš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- kinni Old Saxon
- *kinni Frankish