Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kīnan

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 *kīnaną.

Verb

*kīnan

1. to split open
2. to sprout, to germinate

Inflection

Strong class 1
Infinitive	*kīnan
1st sg. past	*kain
3rd pl. past	*kinun
Past ptcple	*kinan
Infinitive	*kīnan
Genitive infin.	*kīnannjas
Dative infin.	*kīnannjē
Instrum. infin.	*kīnannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*kīnu	*kain
2nd singular	*kīniʀi	*kinī
3rd singular	*kīnidi	*kain
1st plural	*kīnum	*kinum
2nd plural	*kīnid	*kinud
3rd plural	*kīnand	*kinun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*kīnē	*kinī
2nd singular	*kīnēs	*kinī
3rd singular	*kīnē	*kinī
1st plural	*kīnēm	*kinīm
2nd plural	*kīnēþ	*kinīd
3rd plural	*kīnēn	*kinīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*kīn
Plural	*kīnid
	Present	Past
Participle	*kīnandī	*kinan

Related terms

• *kīmō
• *kīþ

Descendants

• Old English: ċīnan
  • Middle English: chynen, chine, chyne
    • English: chine (obsolete)
    • Scots: chime, chun
• Old Frisian: *kīna
  • Saterland Frisian: kiene
• Old Saxon: kīnan
  • Middle Low German: kînen, ⇒ kîmen (influenced by kīme)
    • German Low German: kienen
• Old Dutch: *kīnan
  • Middle Dutch: kinen
• Old High German: kīnan
  • Middle High German: kīnen, ⇒ kīmen (influenced by kīme)
    • German: keimen
• →⇒ Old French: rekigner, reschignier, rechignier (“to grimace”)
  • Old French: *rekin, reschin (“shark”)
    • Middle French: requin (via Norman French)
      • French: requin
        • → English: requin