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Kind — Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen V
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Rosemarie Lühr
- YEAR
- 2014
- PUBLISHER
- Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht · Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- scholarly dictionary
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Is there one completely settled Proto-Germanic *kund- reconstruction?
The English noun and adjective routes are well supported, but the exact prehistoric consonant, stem, and derivational analyses across the wider Germanic family are not reducible to one unqualified form. American Heritage prints *kundjaz and *kundiz; EWA discusses *kenþa-, *kunđa-, and *kunđi- plus unresolved voicing and borrowing questions.
Comparative discussion of *kenþa-, *kunđa-, and *kunđi-Preserves alternate stem analyses and unresolved voicing or borrowing issues.
Is German Kind the source of English kind?
No. German Kind belongs to the comparative Germanic birth family, but it is a cognate branch rather than a donor into English. Similar form and a child sense do not establish a borrowing route.
Kind entry and comparative Germanic discussionPublishes German Kind inside its own comparative formation rather than as an English donor.
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*kundjaz → *gn̥ə-t-
Proto-Germanic → Proto-Indo-European · comparative derivation
- SOUND
- The Indo-European palatal stop develops as Germanic k under Grimm’s Law, while a suffixed zero-grade *gn̥ə-t- formation is represented in Germanic *kund- material; the exact consonant and stem reconstruction varies across analyses.
- MEANING
- A formation meaning born or produced develops the origin, family, race, nature, and kind noun field.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors · Rosemarie Lühr
Comparative discussion of *kenþa-, *kunđa-, and *kunđi-Shows why one undifferentiated Germanic *kund- reconstruction should retain a stated confidence limit.
*kundiz → *gn̥ə-t-
Proto-Germanic → Proto-Indo-European · comparative derivation
- SOUND
- Germanic k reflects the Indo-European palatal stop under Grimm’s Law while the *-t- derivative is represented in the reconstructed *kund- adjective; exact stem and voicing analyses vary in the wider family.
- MEANING
- What is born or produced develops the natural, native, innate, and fitting adjective field.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors · Rosemarie Lühr
Comparative discussion of the Germanic *kund- formationsPreserves the wider family’s reconstruction and voicing limits.
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Kind
GermanGermanic child and birth relative; a cognate branch, not the English donor
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Indo-European comparative horizon
Supplies a laryngeal comparative analysis and variant Germanic formations.
Comparative discussion of the birth-root derivatives · uncertainProto-Germanic linguistic horizon
Documents analytical complexity inside the wider Germanic evidence.
Comparative discussion of *kenþa-, *kunđa-, and *kunđi- · uncertainNON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
HISTORICAL CONTEXT, KEPT SEPARATE
WORD-FAMILY REUSE
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