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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kīnan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kīnaną.
Verb
*kīnan
- to split open
- 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: chīnen
- Scots: chime, chun
- English: chine
- Middle English: chīnen
- Old Frisian: *kīna
- Saterland Frisian: kiene
- Old Saxon: kīnan
- Middle Low German: kînen, kîmen
- German Low German: kienen
- Middle Low German: kînen, kîmen
- Old Dutch: *kīnan
- Middle Dutch: kinen
- Old High German: kīnan
- Middle High German: kīnen, kīmen
- German: keimen
- Middle High German: kīnen, kīmen