English
kinder
From kind of.
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
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Proto-Germanic *kinþiz ‘kind’
Proto-West Germanic *kundi
Old English cynd ‘inherent nature’
Middle English kynde
English kind
Another origin of kinder
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to give birth’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kindąreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kind‘child’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050kind‘kid’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350kint‘kid’
- Germanc. 1650–presentKindas Kinder‘children’by way of Yiddish קינדער
- Englishtodaykinder
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / kinder