Kinn

Concepts

chin

jaw

mentum

beard

jawline

chin

Synonyms

Unterkiefer

Bart

Büschel

Kiefer

Locke

Zweig

Mentum

Kinnspitze

Ast

Kiefer Oberkiefer

Translations

menton

mento

kin

mentón

barbilla

queixo

çene

πηγούνι

mentó

mentum

barba

ذقن

barbeta

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

kiini

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: kinne

Inherited from Old High German: kinni

Cognate with Low German: Kinn

Cognate with Dutch: kin

Cognate with English: chin

Cognate with Danish: kind

Cognate with Icelandic: kinn

In summary

From Middle High German kinne, from Old High German kinni, from Proto-West Germanic *kinnu, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus (“chin, jaw, cheek”).
Compare Low German Kinn, Dutch kin, English chin, Danish kind, Icelandic kinn.