Middle English kin, kyn, kinne, and related forms continue Old English cynn; y is commonly unrounded toward i and the inherited long consonant ceases to be contrastively represented in the modern monosyllable.
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kin / kyn / kun
race, people, tribe, family, relatives, ancestry, kind, or category
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedOld English · Old English · kindred race kindcynn
kindred, kind, race, nation, people, tribe, family, lineage, generation, or progeny
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Old English kindred, race, people, tribe, family, lineage, generation, kind, and gender senses continue unevenly into the medieval kin family.
Old English into Middle English.
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Kin n. — Middle English DictionaryMED24246, Forms, Etymology: OE cyn, and senses 1–5
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Cyn, cynn — Bosworth–Toller Anglo-Saxon DictionaryHeadword CYN, cynn and semantic inventory
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