Germanic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Germanic: *kinjō, *kinja-n, *kinnu-z

Meaning: chin

IE etymology: IE etymology

Gothic: *kinnu-s f. (n) `cheek'

Old Norse: kinn, pl. kinnr f. `Wange'

Swedish: kind

Danish: kind

Old English: { cin(n) }

English: chin

Old Saxon: kin n., m., f., kinni

Middle Dutch: kinne

Dutch: kin f.

Middle Low German: kin, kinne

Old High German: kinni n. `Kinn, Kinnbacke' (9.Jh.)

Middle High German: kinne, kin st. n. 'kinn'

German: Kinn n.

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *g'enǝw-, *g'n[ā](w)- (IndoIr *g'h-)

Meaning: jaw

Old Indian: hánu- f. `jaw'

Armenian: cnaut `Kinnbacke, Wange'

Old Greek: génü-s, -üos f. `Kinn, Kinnbacke', gnátho-s m., gnathmó-s m. `Kinnbacken, Backen'

Baltic: *ǯan̂-d-a- (2) c., *ǯan̂-d-sl-a- c.

Germanic: *kin-jō f., -ja- n., *kinn-u- c.

Latin: genuīnus (dēns) `Backenzahn', gena f. `Wange'

Celtic: pl. *geneu̯-es > OIr gin, giun `Mund'; Cymr gen `Wange, Kinn', OCymr genou, NCymr, Corn genau `Mund'

Russ. meaning: челюсть

References: WP I 587

Baltic etymology :

Proto-Baltic: *ǯan̂-d-a- (2) c., *ǯan̂-d-sl-a- c.

Meaning: jaw, cheek

Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology

Lithuanian: žándas `Kinnbacke, Kiefer, Wange', pl. t. žą́slai `Mundstück, Gebiss (am Pferdezaum)'

Lettish: zuôds `Kinn, Kinnbacke; scharfe Kante, Ecke eines Klotzes, die man mit dem Hebebaum fassen kann; Ecke an der Schneide einer Axt', pl. zuodi 'Kinnlade'

Pokorny's dictionary :

Number: 572

Root: ĝenu-2 f. und (ĝenǝdh- :) ĝonǝdh-

English meaning: chin

German meaning: `Kinnbacke, Kinn'

Material: Ai. hánu-ṣ f. `Kinnbacke', av. zānu- ds., in Kompositis (mit sekundärem ar. ĝh-, Güntert WuS. 11, 124 f.);

phryg. α-ζήν Akk. ἀ-ζένα `Bart' (Präfix α- und *ĝen-);

gr. γένυς, -υος f. `Kinn, Kinnbacke' (mit sekund. ū-St.; vgl. γένειον `Kinnbart' aus *γενειον, γενηΐς, att. γενῄς f. `Schneide des Beils' aus *γενείς);

lat. gena f. `Wange' (fur *genus nach mala), genuīnus (dens) `Backenzahn';

air. gi(u)n `Mund', cymr. gen `Wange, Kinn', Pl. geneu, acorn. genau, bret. genou (alter Pl. *geneu̯es);

got. kinnus f. `Wange' (*genus, *genu̯es, -nn- aus -nu̯-), anord. kinn f. `Backe, Bergabhang', ags. cinn, ahd. kinni n. `Kinn';

toch. A śanwe-m Dual f. `Kinnbacken' (e-Erweiterung von ĝenu-).

gonǝdh- in lit. žándas `Kinnbacke', lett. zuôds `Kinn, scharfe Kante'; maked. κάναδοι σιαγόνες, γνάθοι (vgl. Specht KZ. 59, 113¹);

schwundstufig gr. γνάθος f., γναθμός m. `Kinnbacke' (*gnǝdh-);

unklar ist arm. cnaut `Kinnbacke, Wange'.

References: WP. I 587, WH. I 589 f., Specht Dekl. 87, 253, Schwyzer Gr. Gr. 463.

Pages: 381-382

PIE database: PIE database