Kind

German Low German

/kɪnt/

noun
Definitions
  • (in most dialects, including) (human) child
  • (in most dialects, including) offspring (person, with regard to position in a family)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Low German kint inherited from Old Saxon kind (child) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kindą (offspring, child) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear), *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

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