Old English · noun
cinn
Normalised ċinn
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /t͡ʃinn/[t͡ʃin]
- Syllables
- t͡ʃinn (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- chin
cinn1 · noun · neuter
Senses
-
chin
Declension · strong a-stem
cinn2 · noun · neuter · alternative form
Senses
-
alternative form of cynn
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kinnu (“chin”). Compare Old Frisian zin, Old Saxon, Old Dutch, and Old High German kinni, Old Norse kinn, Gothic (kinnus) and Latin gena, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus), Welsh gen, Tocharian A śanweṃ, Old Armenian ծնաւտ (cnawt), Lithuanian žandas, Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu).
See cynn.
Descendants
chin
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