-kin

Meaning

1. (dialectal, morpheme) Used to form adjectives expressing resemblance or likeness to, similar to -like.
2. (morpheme) Used to form nouns having qualities of or belonging to a particular kind, class, or sort.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -kin

Inherited from Old English: cynna

Inherited from Old English: -ca

Cognate with Middle English: -chen

Cognate with Old English: -ċen

Cognate with Old English: -oc

Cognate with Old English: -en

Cognate with Dutch: -ken

Cognate with Low German: -ken

Cognate with German: -chen

In summary

From Middle English -kin, -kinne, -kunne, from Old English cynna, the genitive plural of cynn (“kind, sort, rank”), used in compounds.