cyne-

Old English

Alternative forms

cyn-, cine-

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *kuni- (“race, geneology”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, beget”). Akin to Old English cynn "race, nation, family", cennan "to beget"

Prefix

cyne-

royal, kingly
cynebænd "diadem"

cynerēaf "royal robe"

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