Proto-Germanic *kundjaz develops through West Germanic history to Old English cynd / gecynd: the following j conditions fronting of u to y before the glide and ending disappear; the ge- variant is not treated as part of the reconstructed stem.
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cynd / gecynd
nature, kind, manner, condition, origin, generation, offspring, or sex
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic · origin family kind noun*kundjaz
origin, birth, family, race, or kind
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A reconstructed origin, birth, family, race, or kind noun continues in Old English nature, origin, generation, offspring, and category senses.
Proto-Germanic comparison through West Germanic prehistory into attested Old English.
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Indo-European Root genə-genə-, zero-grade *gn̥ə-t- section: Germanic *kundjaz and Old English cynd / gecynd(e)
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Ge-cynd — Bosworth–Toller Anglo-Saxon DictionaryHeadword GE-CYND, forms and examples
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