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

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: kint
  - Low German: Kind
    - Dutch Low Saxon: kind, kiend, keend
    - German Low German: Kind
  - → Old Frisian: kind
    - West Frisian: kyn
Old Dutch: kind, 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, chint
- 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)