*kīþą

Runic: ᚲᛁᚦᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈkiː.θɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

seed, germ; seedling, shoot, sprout

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵéyH-ti- or similar, from the root *ǵey(H)- (‘to split open, sprout’), with some variation on the suffix. Related to Proto-Germanic *kīnaną (‘to split open, germinate, sprout’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	kīþą	kīþō
Acc.	kīþą	kīþō
Gen.	kīþas, kīþis	kīþǫ̂
Dat.	kīþai	kīþamaz
Inst.	kīþō	kīþamiz
Voc.	kīþą	kīþō

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Descendants

*kīþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kīth, kītho, kīthun (Old Saxon)
*kīþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kīthi (Old Dutch)
  - *kijde, kiede (Middle Dutch)
*kīþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kīthi (Old Dutch)
  - cion, ciun, sion (Old French)
    - chion (Picard)
*kīþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kīthi (Old Dutch)
  - cion, ciun, sion (Old French)
    - sioun, cioun, ciun, cyun, scion, scioun, sion, siun, syon, syoun (Middle English)
      - scion (English)
*kīþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kīthi (Old Dutch)
  - cion, ciun, sion (Old French)
    - sion (Middle French)
      - scion (French)
*kīþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- ċīþ, ċȳþ (Old English)
  - chithe, chide, chive, chis, chire, *chitte, *chit (Middle English)
    - chit (Scots)
*kīþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- ċīþ, ċȳþ (Old English)
  - chithe, chide, chive, chis, chire, *chitte, *chit (Middle English)
    - chit, chive (English)
      - chism (English)
*kīþ (Proto-West Germanic)
- *chīdi, *kīdi, *kīd (Old High German)
  - kīde, kīt (Middle High German)
    - chiide (Alemannic German)
    - Keid (German)
*kīþī (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kīth, kītho, kīthun (Old Saxon)
*kīþī (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kīthi (Old Dutch)
  - *kijde, kiede (Middle Dutch)
*kīþī (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kīthi (Old Dutch)
  - cion, ciun, sion (Old French)
    - chion (Picard)
*kīþī (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kīthi (Old Dutch)
  - cion, ciun, sion (Old French)
    - sioun, cioun, ciun, cyun, scion, scioun, sion, siun, syon, syoun (Middle English)
      - scion (English)
*kīþī (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kīthi (Old Dutch)
  - cion, ciun, sion (Old French)
    - sion (Middle French)
      - scion (French)
*kīþī (Proto-West Germanic)
- ċīþ, ċȳþ (Old English)
  - chithe, chide, chive, chis, chire, *chitte, *chit (Middle English)
    - chit (Scots)
*kīþī (Proto-West Germanic)
- ċīþ, ċȳþ (Old English)
  - chithe, chide, chive, chis, chire, *chitte, *chit (Middle English)
    - chit, chive (English)
      - chism (English)
*kīþī (Proto-West Germanic)
- *chīdi, *kīdi, *kīd (Old High German)
  - kīde, kīt (Middle High German)
    - chiide (Alemannic German)
    - Keid (German)
*kīþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kīth, kītho, kīthun (Old Saxon)
*kīþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kīthi (Old Dutch)
  - *kijde, kiede (Middle Dutch)
*kīþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kīthi (Old Dutch)
  - cion, ciun, sion (Old French)
    - chion (Picard)
*kīþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kīthi (Old Dutch)
  - cion, ciun, sion (Old French)
    - sioun, cioun, ciun, cyun, scion, scioun, sion, siun, syon, syoun (Middle English)
      - scion (English)
*kīþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kīthi (Old Dutch)
  - cion, ciun, sion (Old French)
    - sion (Middle French)
      - scion (French)
*kīþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- ċīþ, ċȳþ (Old English)
  - chithe, chide, chive, chis, chire, *chitte, *chit (Middle English)
    - chit (Scots)
*kīþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- ċīþ, ċȳþ (Old English)
  - chithe, chide, chive, chis, chire, *chitte, *chit (Middle English)
    - chit, chive (English)
      - chism (English)
*kīþō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *chīdi, *kīdi, *kīd (Old High German)
  - kīde, kīt (Middle High German)
    - chiide (Alemannic German)
    - Keid (German)

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