chin

chin · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*ǵénus“chin, jaw”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*kinnuz“chin”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*kinnu
4. Old English · inherited fromċinn“chin”
5. Middle English · inherited fromchyn
6. English todaychin

From Middle English chyn, from Old English ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-West Germanic *kinnu, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (“chin”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“chin, jaw”). Compare West Frisian/Dutch kin, Low German/German Kinn, Danish kind, Icelandic kinn, Welsh gen, Latin gena, Tocharian A śanweṃ, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus, “jaw”), Armenian ծնոտ (cnot), Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu). Doublet of gena.

chin · noun²

Shortening of chinchilla.

Chin · proper noun³

See China.

Chin · proper noun⁴

1. Taishanese · borrowed from陳 /陈
2. English todayChin

As a Chinese surname, a variant romanization of various Chinese characters, e.g. Hakka 陳／陈 (Chhṳ̀n), Taishanese 陳 /陈 (cin³), Cantonese 錢／钱 (cin4), Mandarin 金 (Chin¹), and Mandarin 秦 (Chʻin²).

Chin · proper noun⁵

1. Chinese · borrowed from晉 /晋
2. English todayChin

The atonal Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 晉 /晋 (Jìn).

Chin · proper noun⁶

1. Chinese · borrowed from秦
2. English todayChin

The irregular romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 秦 (Qín).

Chin · noun, proper noun⁷

1. Burmese · borrowed fromချင်း
2. English todayChin

From Burmese ချင်း (hkyang:).

Words from the same roots