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Is kin a shortened form of king?

No. Kin continues Old English cynn and Proto-Germanic *kunja-. The Germanic king title *kuninga- is morphologically derived from that lineage base plus a person-forming suffix; neither modern English word directly descends from the other.

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kin

/kɪn/ · noun · adjective

The inherited English family word continuing Middle English kin and Old English cynn, from the Germanic lineage formation *kunja- and ultimately the birth-and-generation root *ǵenh₁-.

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Indo-European Root genə-

Independently groups the two formations under one birth-and-family root.

genə- entry: Germanic *kunjam and *kuningaz
AUTHOR / EDITOR
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
YEAR
2022
PUBLISHER
HarperCollins
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THE CURRENT RECORD IS RESOLVED.

CONFIDENCE
established
STATUS
resolved
LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
EWA publishes *kunja- as the kin base and *kuninga- as its suffixed title formation; American Heritage independently groups king and kin under the birth root.
RESOLUTION NOTE

The dossiers share the canonical *kunja- node. No king-to-kin ancestry edge is drawn.

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