PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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No. Traugott explicitly identifies an intrusive d between n and r. The late Old English compound is cynræden / cynrēde and Middle English records include both kinrede and kindrede.
/ˈkɪndrɪd/ · noun · adjective
An inherited English kinship word built from Old English cynn “kin” plus -ræden “condition or state,” with an intrusive d and a fossilized second element whose wider word-forming pattern disappeared.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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Directly identifies the consonant as intrusive.
p. 96: intrusive d between n and rPublishes forms with and without d across the historical record.
Etymology: Middle English kinrede, kindrede from late Old English cynrēdeThe modern-to-medieval edge labels the insertion; the Old English node contains no d.