kyn

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.

• IPA^(key): [tʃʰiːn]

kyn n (genitive singular kyns, plural kyn)

1. lineage, family
2. gender, sex
3. nature
4. (grammar) gender

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)”)

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

• IPA^(key): /cʰɪːn/
• Rhymes: -ɪːn

kyn n (genitive singular kyns, nominative plural kyn)

1. sex
2. breed, race
3. (grammar) gender

• karlkyn
• kvenkyn
• hvorugkyn
• samkyn

kyn

1. Alternative form of kyne

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

kyn n (genitive kyns, plural kyn)

1. kin

• Icelandic: kyn
• Faroese: kyn
• Norwegian: kjønn
• Old Swedish: kyn
  • Swedish: kön
• Danish: køn
• Westrobothnian: tjön, tjyn

• køn, kiøn

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

kyn n

1. kin, family
2. sort, kind

• Swedish: kön