*kinnuz

Runic: ᚲᛁᚾᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈkin.nuz/

noun · feminine · u-stem

Meanings

cheek
chin, jaw

Etymology

Paradigmatic leveling of *kenuz ~ *kunniz, from pre-Proto-Germanic *genus ~ *gunwes, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (‘cheek; jaw; chin’) ~ *ǵn̥wés.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	kinnuz	kinniwiz
Acc.	kinnų	kinnunz
Gen.	kinnauz	kinniwǫ̂
Dat.	kinniwi	kinnumaz
Inst.	kinnū	kinnumiz
Voc.	kinnu	kinniwiz

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Descendants

*kinnu (Proto-West Germanic)
- zin (Old Frisian)
*kinnu (Proto-West Germanic)
- kinni (Old Dutch)
  - kinne (Middle Dutch)
    - Kiene (German)
    - kin (Limburgish)
*kinnu (Proto-West Germanic)
- kinni (Old Dutch)
  - kinne (Middle Dutch)
    - kin (Dutch)
      - kin (Afrikaans)
      - kin (Negerhollands)
      - kenchi, kinnetje, kintsje (Papiamentu)
*kinnu (Proto-West Germanic)
- ċinn, ċin, ċyn (Old English)
  - chyn, chin, chinne, chynne, shyne, schyn (Middle English)
    - chin (English)
    - chin, chyn (Scots)
*kinnu (Proto-West Germanic)
- ? (Old French)
  - *quenotte (Old French)
    - quenaude (Bourbonnais-Berrichon)
    - quenote (Occitan)
    - kenotte (Picard)
*kinnu (Proto-West Germanic)
- ? (Old French)
  - *quenotte (Old French)
    - quenotte (French)
      - queniate (French)
*kinnu (Proto-West Germanic)
- kinni, chinni (Old High German)
  - kinne, kin (Middle High German)
    - Chimmi (Alemannic German)
    - Kinn (German)
    - Kënn (Luxembourgish)
    - קין (kin) (Yiddish)
*kinnu (Proto-West Germanic)
- kinni (Old Saxon)
  - kinne, kin (Middle Low German)
    - Kinn (Low German)
*kinnu (Proto-West Germanic)
- kinni (Old Saxon)
  - kinne, kin (Middle Low German)
    - kin, ken (Old Frisian)
      - kin (West Frisian)
*kinni (Proto-West Germanic)
- zin (Old Frisian)
*kinni (Proto-West Germanic)
- kinni (Old Dutch)
  - kinne (Middle Dutch)
    - Kiene (German)
    - kin (Limburgish)
*kinni (Proto-West Germanic)
- kinni (Old Dutch)
  - kinne (Middle Dutch)
    - kin (Dutch)
      - kin (Afrikaans)
      - kin (Negerhollands)
      - kenchi, kinnetje, kintsje (Papiamentu)
*kinni (Proto-West Germanic)
- ċinn, ċin, ċyn (Old English)
  - chyn, chin, chinne, chynne, shyne, schyn (Middle English)
    - chin (English)
    - chin, chyn (Scots)
*kinni (Proto-West Germanic)
- ? (Old French)
  - *quenotte (Old French)
    - quenaude (Bourbonnais-Berrichon)
    - quenote (Occitan)
    - kenotte (Picard)
*kinni (Proto-West Germanic)
- ? (Old French)
  - *quenotte (Old French)
    - quenotte (French)
      - queniate (French)
*kinni (Proto-West Germanic)
- kinni, chinni (Old High German)
  - kinne, kin (Middle High German)
    - Chimmi (Alemannic German)
    - Kinn (German)
    - Kënn (Luxembourgish)
    - קין (kin) (Yiddish)
*kinni (Proto-West Germanic)
- kinni (Old Saxon)
  - kinne, kin (Middle Low German)
    - Kinn (Low German)
*kinni (Proto-West Germanic)
- kinni (Old Saxon)
  - kinne, kin (Middle Low German)
    - kin, ken (Old Frisian)
      - kin (West Frisian)
kinn (Old Norse)
- kind (Danish)
- kinn (Faroese)
- kinn (Icelandic)
- kinn (Norwegian Bokmål)
- kinn (Norwegian Nynorsk)
kinn (Old Norse)
- kin (Old Swedish)
  - kind (Swedish)
𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌿𐍃 (kinnus) (Gothic)

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