Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kiʀn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *kiznaz.

Noun

*kiʀn m [1]

pine tree
pine wood

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kiʀn
Genitive	*kiʀnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kiʀn	kiʀnō, kiʀnōs
Accusative	*kiʀn	*kiʀnā
Genitive	*kiʀnas	*kiʀnō
Dative	*kiʀnē	*kiʀnum
Instrumental	*kiʀnu	*kiʀnum

Descendants

Old English: ċēn
Old Saxon: *kin, *kēn
- Middle Low German: kên, kin
  - Low German: keen
  - → Dutch: kienhout
Old Dutch: *kien
- Middle Dutch: kien
  - Dutch: Kinrooi (placename)
Old High German: kēn, kien, chien
- Middle High German: kien
  - German: Kien

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 206: “PWGmc *kēn”

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[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 206: “PWGmc *kēn”