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English word origin

Etymology of alkin

From Middle English alkin, alkinnes (“of all kinds”) [and other forms], from Old English ealle cynn (“of all kinds”) [and other forms], from eall (“all”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all; beyond; other”)

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Unnumbered source etymology

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adj

Of all or every kind; all kinds or sorts of; intermingled and various.

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From Middle English alkin, alkinnes (“of all kinds”) [and other forms], from Old English ealle cynn (“of all kinds”) [and other forms], from eall (“all”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all; beyond; other”)) + cynn (“kind; family”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, give birth; to produce”)). The English word is analysable as all + kin (“(obsolete) class (of animals, persons, or things) having common attributes, kind”). Compare Swedish allsköns, Danish alskens.

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  • Root classification mention*h₂el-ine-pro
  • Root classification mention*ǵenh₁-ine-pro
  • Inherited-form mentionalkinenm
  • Inherited-form mentionealle cynnang · of all kinds
  • Inherited-form mention*h₂el-ine-pro · all; beyond; other
  • Inherited-form mention*ǵenh₁-ine-pro · to beget, give birth; to produce
  • Word-formation componentallen
  • Word-formation componentkinen · (obsolete) class (of animals, persons, or things) having common attributes, kind
  • Cognate mentionallskönssv
  • Cognate mentionalskensda
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.

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