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Old English word cynn comes from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₃-, Ancient Greek Γένθιος, and later Proto-Germanic *kunją (Omen, portent, miracle Kin, family, clan.)

*ǵenh₃- (Proto-Indo-European)

Γένθιος (Ancient Greek)

*kunją (Proto-Germanic)

Omen, portent, miracle Kin, family, clan.

cynn (Old English)

(grammar) gender (of nouns). Kin, kind, tribe, people.

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