kjønn

Norwegian Nynorsk

/çøn/

frf
Definitions
  • (biology) sex or gender
  • (grammar) gender
  • sex organ

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse kyn (wonder, race, kin, kindred) derived from Latin genus (kind, birth, origin, kjnn, born from, type, sort, descent, class, race, a race, begotten, genus) 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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