The first element of cyn-ræden is Old English cynn in compound form; the compound boundary does not assert a sound change from the whole word to cynn.
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COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 1074compound componentestablished
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cynræden / cynrēde
kinship; the condition or collective state associated with kin
OPEN NODE 1079 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedOld English · Old English · kindred race kindcynn
kindred, kind, race, nation, people, tribe, family, lineage, generation, or progeny
OPEN NODE 1060 ↗01
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Kin, family, lineage, and people supplies the social relation whose condition or collective state the compound names.
A late Old English compound analysis.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors · Elizabeth Closs Traugott
established — All three sources analyze the first element as cynn or kin. This is component ancestry, not whole-word inheritance.
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Kindred — definition, etymology, and first known useWord History: cynn plus -ræden
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Directly segments the late Old English compound.
Kindred — definition and etymologyBracketed etymology: cyn plus -rēde
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently identifies the kin component.
Toward a constructional framework for research on language changepp. 96–97: X-RÆDEN schema and kindred from kin-reden
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Analyzes kindred as a relic compound in the condition-related-to-X schema.
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