# kyn
## Atong (India)
### Etymology

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### Noun

kyn
* the back

### References

* van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse kyn, from Proto-Germanic *kunją, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”). Cognate with Icelandic kyn, Swedish kön, Danish køn, Norwegian kjønn, English kin, Dutch kunne.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tʃʰiːn]

### Noun

kyn n (genitive singular kyns, plural kyn)
* lineage, family
* gender, sex
* nature
* (grammar) gender

#### Derived terms

sexual orientation
* hinskynd (“heterosexuality”)
* samkynd (“homosexuality”)
* tvíkynd (“bisexuality”)
biological/grammatical gender
* kallkyn (“male sex or gender; masculine (gender)”)
* kvennkyn (“female sex or gender; feminine (gender)”)
* hvørkikyn (“neuter (gender)”)
* samkyn (“common (gender)”)

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse kyn, from Proto-Germanic *kunją, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”). Cognate with Faroese kyn, Danish køn, Norwegian kjønn, Swedish kön, English kin, Dutch kunne, as well as, more distantly, Latin genus (“kind, gender”) (whence English gender).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /cʰɪːn/
* Rhymes: -ɪːn

### Noun

kyn n (genitive singular kyns, nominative plural kyn)
* sex
* breed, race
* (grammar) gender

#### Derived terms

* karlkyn
* kvenkyn
* hvorugkyn
* samkyn

### Further reading

* Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “kyn”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English cynn, from Proto-West Germanic *kuni, from Proto-Germanic *kunją.

#### Alternative forms

* cun, ken, kin, kinn, kun, kunne, kynn, kynne

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kin/

#### Noun

kyn (uncountable)
* One's relations or kin:
** A family; the set of one's relations.
** A nation, tribe, or clan.
** One's descendants or offspring.
* A family relationship; kinship:
** Ancestry; one's ancestors.
** (rare) A noble bloodline.
* A kinsman or kinswoman; one of one's kin.
* (Early Middle English) A class or group.
* (Early Middle English) A method or means.
* (rare) Sex, gender.

##### Related terms

* kynrede

##### Descendants

* English: kin
* Scots: kin

##### References

* “kin, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

kyn
* Alternative form of kyne

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

kyn n (definite singular kynet, indefinite plural kyn, definite plural kyna or kyni)
* (pre-1938) alternative form of kjønn

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kunją. Cognate with English kin.

### Noun

kyn n (genitive kyns, plural kyn)
* kind, species, type, sort
* kindred, kin, family and friends

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: kyn n
* Faroese: kyn n
* Norwegian Nynorsk: kyn n
* Old Swedish: kyn n
** Swedish: kön n
* Danish: køn n
** Norwegian Bokmål: kjønn n
*** → Norwegian Nynorsk: kjønn n

## Old Swedish
### Alternative forms

* køn, kiøn

### Etymology

From Old Norse kyn, from Proto-Germanic *kunją.

### Noun

kyn n
* kin, family
* sort, kind

#### Descendants

* Swedish: kön n