English
kithe
Kithe comes from Middle English kiþen ‘to kithe’, from Old English cȳþan ‘to make known: tell, inform, announce, reveal,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-‘to know’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥néh₃ti‘to know, recognize’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kunnaną‘to know’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kunþaz‘known’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kunþijaną‘to make known’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kunþijan‘to make known’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150cȳþan‘to make known: tell, inform, announce, reveal, let know’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500kiþen‘to kithe’
- Englishearliest quotation 1606kithe
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-‘to know’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥néh₃ti‘to know, recognize’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kunnaną‘to know’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kunþaz‘known’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kunþijaną‘to make known’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kunþijan‘to make known’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150cȳþan‘to make known: tell, inform, announce, reveal, let know’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500kiþen‘to kithe’
- Englishearliest quotation 1606kithe
Earliest quotation: 1606, Alexander Craig, The Amorous: “these lines are sent by me, to keep the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to know’
know, note, normal, notice, recognize, ignore, narrative, glory, recognition, noble, notion, keen, ignorant, norm, cognitive, diagnostic, notorious, notation, prognosis, narration, quaint, nobility, gnome, notoriety, cognition, notary, agnostic, canny, connoisseur, incognito, gnosis, annotate, recognizance, cognizance, 88 more
through Proto-Germanic *kunnaną ‘to know’
can, could, con, ken, cunning, keenly, canna, cun, 4 more
through Proto-Germanic *kunþaz ‘known’
Today it means
verb To make known; to reveal.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- / kithe