alkin

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*ǵenh₁-“to beget, give birth; to produce”
2. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*h₂el-“all; beyond; other”
3. Old English · inherited fromealle cynn“of all kinds”
4. Middle English · inherited fromalkin
5. English todayalkin

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.

Words from the same roots