Kind

German (Berlin)

/kɪnt/

noun
Definitions
  • kid; child young person
  • child; offspring person with regard to his or her parents, also a baby animal or young animal, especially as the second component in numerous compound nouns

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German kint inherited from Old High German kind inherited from Proto-Germanic *kindą (offspring, child) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear), *ǵenh₁- (produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵenh₁-

Gloss

produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

産

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