chyn
Middle English
/tʃin/
noun
Definitions
- The chin or jawline.
- (rare) The bone composing the chin.
- (rare) The cheek.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ċinn inherited from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (chin, cheek) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (jaw, chin, cheek).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵénus
Gloss
jaw, chin, cheek
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
頤
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blackchin English
- bobchin English
- chin English
- chinfest English
- chinful English
- chinguard English
- chinless English
- chinlike English
- chinlock English
- chinny English
- chinrest English
- chinstrap English
- cleft chin English
- keno Finnish
- gena Latin
- ἀζήν Ancient Greek
- *ǵénu- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵénus Proto-Indo-European
- *kanipaz Proto-Germanic
- *kinnuz Proto-Germanic
- cin Old English
- ċinn Old English
- schyn Middle English
- shyne Middle English
- kinn Old Norse
- kinni Old High German
- ginach Old Irish
- 𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- kinni Old Dutch
- *genus Proto-Celtic
- *ȷ́ʰánuš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- kinni Old Saxon
- *kinni Frankish