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-kin en · X · etymology 1
Etymology
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Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Germanic *kunją
Proto-West Germanic *kuni
Old English cynna
Middle English -kin
English -kin
From Middle English -kin, -kinne, -kunne, from Old English cynna, the genitive plural of cynn (“kind, sort, rank”), used in compounds.
Meanings
(dialectal, morpheme, not-comparable) Used to form adjectives expressing resemblance or likeness to, similar to -like.
whatkin
Dutchkin
alkin
ilkin
weirdkin
(morpheme, not-comparable, qualifier:plural -kin) Used to form nouns having qualities of or belonging to a particular kind, class, or sort.
otherkin
otakukin
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-kin en · X · etymology 2
Etymology
From Middle English -kyn, (also as -ke, -k), perhaps from Old English -ca, but probably instead from Middle Dutch -kin, apparently representing Proto-West Germanic *-ikīn, *-ukīn, a double diminutive, from *-ik, *-uk (> Old English -oc) + *-īn (compare Old English -en). Cognate with Dutch -ken, Low German -ken, German -chen, Old English -ċen. More at -ock, -en.