kéngen
Luxemburgeois
/ˈkeŋən/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to sprout, to germinate
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German kīnen (sprout) inherited from Old High German kīnan inherited from Proto-Germanic *kīnaną (split, crack, sprout, germinate, split open, crack open).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kīnaną
Gloss
split, crack, sprout, germinate, split open, crack open
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chine English
- chined English
- chink English
- multichine English
- Keimung German
- aufkeimen German
- keimen German
- kiem Dutch, Flemish
- kiemen Dutch, Flemish
- kiemgroente Dutch, Flemish
- kieming Dutch, Flemish
- kiemvlek Dutch, Flemish
- ontkiemen Dutch, Flemish
- *kīnaną Proto-Germanic
- kil Swedish
- cinan Old English
- chyne Middle English
- kill Old Norse
- reschin Old French
- kil Old High German
- kīnan Old High German
- kīmen Middle High German
- kīnen Middle High German
- 𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *kīnan Old Dutch
- kinan Old Saxon