The published prehistoric sequence is *kunjō > *kunnjō > *kynni > cynn: West Germanic gemination doubles n before j, i-umlaut fronts u to y, and the glide and ending are lost.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
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cynn
kindred, kind, race, nation, people, tribe, family, lineage, generation, or progeny
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic · kin lineage base*kunja-
lineage, family, kin, descent, or people
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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The Germanic generation, lineage, kind, and family formation continues as the wide Old English cynn semantic field.
Proto-Germanic through West Germanic prehistory into attested Old English.
Elżbieta Adamczyk · R. D. Fulk · Rosemarie Lühr
established — Adamczyk prints the exact sequence; Fulk independently identifies Runic kunni as evidence for gemination. The precise dating and analysis of Sievers’ Law remain open.
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Kunni — Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen VColumn 892: Proto-Germanic *kunja- and Old English cynn
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently aligns the reconstructed Germanic base with the Old English form.
A Comparative Grammar of the Early Germanic LanguagesSection 6.15, p. 128; PDF p. 144
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Identifies Runic kunni as evidence for West Germanic gemination and equates it with Old English cynn.
Old English Reflexes of Sievers’ LawStudia Anglica Posnaniensia 36, pp. 64–65, derivation (2b)
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Prints *kunjan > *kunnjan > *kynni > cynn with gemination, umlaut, and glide loss.
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