Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kind

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kinþą.

Noun

*kind n

1. child

   Synonym: *barn

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kind
Genitive	*kindas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kind	*kindu
Accusative	*kind	*kindu
Genitive	*kindas	*kindō
Dative	*kindē	*kindum
Instrumental	*kindu	*kindum

Derived terms

• *kindōn

Descendants

• Old Frisian: kind
• Old Saxon: kind
  • Middle Low German: kind, kint, kynd
    • Dutch Low Saxon: kind, kiend, keend
    • German Low German: Kind
    • → Old Frisian: kind
      • West Frisian: kyn
• Old Dutch: kint
  • Middle Dutch: kint
    • Dutch: kind
      • Afrikaans: kind
      • Jersey Dutch: känt
      • Negerhollands: kind, kint, kin, ken
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: kente, kinte
    • Limburgish: kindj
• Old High German: kind, kint, chind
  • Middle High German: kind, kint
    • Alemannic German: Chind

      Swabian: Kend

      Vorarlbergerisch: Kiand

      Walser: Chend

    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: khinn

      Viennese: Kind

    • Central Franconian: Kend, Kenk

      Eifelisch: King, Kond, Könd

      Hunsrik: Kind

      Kölsch: Kind

      Luxembourgish: Kand

    • East Central German:

      Erzgebirgisch: [kʰɪnt]

      Vilamovian: kynd

    • German: Kind
      • →? Italian: citto
    • Rhine Franconian: Kind, Kend, Keend, Kenn, Kinn

      Frankfurterisch: [kʰint]

      Pennsylvania German: Kind

    • Yiddish: קינד (kind)