{"id":2671,"date":"2023-03-18T13:53:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T13:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2671"},"modified":"2023-03-18T15:03:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T15:03:14","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-kith-and-kin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2671","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Kith and Kin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Kith and Kin\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-18T13:53:50+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this Adventure we\u2019re looking into the words kith and kin.\n\n\n\nKith [k\u026a\u03b8] means:\n\n \tFriends and acquaintances (archaic\/obsolete)\n\nIt appears in the expression kith and kin (both friends and family) and comes from the Middle English kith (kinsmen, re...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/kithandkin.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3100\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2671-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/kithandkin.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/kithandkin.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/kithandkin.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/kithandkin.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2671-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/kithandkin.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"kithandkin.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this Adventure we\u2019re looking into the words <strong>kith<\/strong> and <strong>kin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/49024304@N00\/304350123\/in\/photolist-pNBRWa-ZxshHY-dAkJmv-2m1cNSa-sTSFV-e19irc-mGW9ko-ZxseQJ-mGUdMz-mGUpcF-mGUehc-mGUp8x-pNBT6z-Zq1dK5-Cu9QmW-ZugAYe-GW9Q5n-mGwR45-r6S6aw-GQaxJB-qPozQN-qPwobB-agi2NM-r4DEDC-aHZq2t-p9famD-pNDCjQ-qPwfJc-pSPuiu-dAkJnr-dArcEf-dArcyU-dArcBA-qPK5rh-dArcyb-qPEdER-qPEcHa-qPKbcA-dAkJiK-mzWR6K-aRFeyM-Cu9Q6W-yFUimy-nJoHzU-G1KuWe-5zjFDh-mGvzKa-qsrMKm-brT7Yg-brT8cn\" title=\"We had all the kinfolk over fer Thanksgivins.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/112\/304350123_2b4561ba4e_z.jpg\" alt=\"We had all the kinfolk over fer Thanksgivins.\" width=\"640\" height=\"396\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kith<\/strong> [k\u026a\u03b8] means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friends and acquaintances (archaic\/obsolete)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It appears in the expression <strong>kith and kin<\/strong> (both friends and family) and comes from the Middle English <em>kith<\/em> (kinsmen, relations), from Old English <em>c\u0233\u00fe\u00feu<\/em> [\u02c8ky\u02d0\u03b8.\u03b8u] (knoweldge, native land, home) from Proto-Germanic <em>*kun\u00fei\u00fe\u014d<\/em> (knowledge, acquaintance), from PIE <em>*\u01f5neh\u2083-<\/em> (to know) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/kith#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Engish words from the same roots include <strong>can<\/strong>, <strong>cunning<\/strong>, <strong>gnome<\/strong>, <strong>know<\/strong>, <strong>noble<\/strong>, <strong>quaint<\/strong> and <strong>uncouth<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Category:English_terms_derived_from_the_Proto-Indo-European_root_*%C7%B5neh%E2%82%83-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kin<\/strong> [k\u026an] means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Race, family, breed, kind<\/li>\n<li>Persons of the same race or family, kindred<\/li>\n<li>One or more relatives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from Middle English <em>kyn<\/em> (family, native, tribe, clan), from Old English <em>cynn<\/em> (kind, tribe, race, species, family), from Proto-West-Germanic <em>*kuni<\/em> (family, kin), from Proto-Germanic <em>*kunj\u0105<\/em> (kin, family, clan) from PIE <em>*\u01f5enh\u2081-<\/em> (to beget, give birth) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/kin#English\">source<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Engish words from the same roots include <strong>cognate<\/strong>, <strong>engine<\/strong>, <strong>gene<\/strong>, <strong>genius<\/strong>, <strong>gentle<\/strong>, <strong>kind<\/strong> and <strong>nature<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Category:English_terms_derived_from_the_Proto-Indo-European_root_*%C7%B5neh%E2%82%83-\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WimbR4upATg\">video<\/a> I made of this information:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WimbR4upATg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video made with <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/37vAg5P\">Doodly<\/a> [afflilate link].<\/p>\n<p>I also write about words, etymology and other language-related topics on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/\">Omniglot Blog<\/a>, and I 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content=\"2023-03-18T13:53:50+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this Adventure we\u2019re looking into the words kith and kin.\n\n\n\nKith [k\u026a\u03b8] means:\n\n \tFriends and acquaintances (archaic\/obsolete)\n\nIt appears in the expression kith and kin (both friends and family) and comes from the Middle English kith (kinsmen, re...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/kithandkin.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3101\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2671-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/kithandkin.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/kithandkin.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/kithandkin.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/kithandkin.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2671-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/kithandkin.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"kithandkin.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this Adventure we\u2019re looking into the words kith and kin. Kith [k\u026a\u03b8] means: Friends and acquaintances (archaic\/obsolete) It appears in the expression kith and kin (both friends and family) and comes from the Middle English kith (kinsmen, relations), from Old English c\u0233\u00fe\u00feu [\u02c8ky\u02d0\u03b8.\u03b8u] (knoweldge, native land, home) from Proto-Germanic *kun\u00fei\u00fe\u014d (knowledge, acquaintance), from PIE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,20,4,58,55,1,57,59,119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-etymology","category-english","category-language","category-middle-english","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-podcast","category-proto-germanic","category-proto-indo-european","category-proto-west-germanic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2671"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2675,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2671\/revisions\/2675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}