The second element of cyn-ræden is the suffixal or affixoid use of Old English ræden; this component edge is morphological analysis, not a claim that the whole compound changed into the suffix.
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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 · condition status affixoid-ræden
condition, state, estimation, rule, or relation to the first compound element
OPEN NODE 1085 ↗01
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A condition related to kin yields kinship and, through collective interpretation, family or related people.
Late Old English compound analysis.
Elizabeth Closs Traugott · Merriam-Webster Editors · Middle English Dictionary Editors
established — Three sources independently identify the second component and its condition or state function.
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Kindred — definition, etymology, and first known useWord History: -ræden as condition or stipulation
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Identifies the compound’s second component and core meaning.
-rē̆de(n suffix — Middle English DictionaryDefinition 1 and kinrede example
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents the wider medieval condition and collective suffix functions.
Toward a constructional framework for research on language changepp. 96–97: X-RÆDEN schema and kindred from kin-reden
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Analyzes the second element and its condition-related-to-X construction.
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