kind

Icelandic

/cʰɪnt/

noun
Definitions
  • (obsolete) race, kind, kin
  • a sheep (especially a ewe)
  • (dated) used as a term of disparagement for a girl (or woman)

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse kind derived from Proto-Germanic *kinþiz root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵenh₁-

Gloss

produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

産

Emoji

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