kinn
Norwegian
/çɪnː/
noun-n3
Definitions
- (anatomy) a cheek
- (in placenames): a steep hill(side) or slope
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse kinn derived from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (chin, cheek).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kinnuz
Gloss
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
- blackchin English
- bobchin English
- chin English
- chinfest English
- chinful English
- chinguard English
- chinless English
- chinlike English
- chinlock English
- chinny English
- chinrest English
- chinstrap English
- cleft chin English
- keno Finnish
- *ǵénu- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵénus Proto-Indo-European
- *kinnuz Proto-Germanic
- kind Swedish
- kinn Norwegian Nynorsk
- cin Old English
- ċinn Old English
- chyn Middle English
- kinn Old Norse
- kind Danish
- kinn Icelandic
- kinni Old High German
- 𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- kinni Old Dutch
- kinni Old Saxon
- *kinni Frankish