kith

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kith

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () From Middle English kith (“kinsmen, relations”), from Old English cȳþþ, cȳþþu (“kinship, kinsfolk, relations”), from Proto-Germanic *kunþiþō (“knowledge, acquaintance”), from Proto-Indo-European *g'enǝ-, *g'nō- (“to know”). Cognate with Old High German kundida (“kith”), kundī (“knowledge”), Gothic (kunþi, “knowledge”). More at couth, -th.

    Tenses

    kithing, kithed
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