From Old English 'cynn' (family), from PIE *genh1- (to beget) — same root as Latin 'genus,' Greek 'genos,' and 'gene.'
One's blood relatives collectively; a group of persons of common ancestry.
From Old English 'cynn' (family, race, kind, type, natural grouping), from Proto-Germanic *kunją (kin, race, birth-group), from PIE *ǵenh₁- (to beget, to give birth, to bring into being). This root is among the most productive in the entire Proto-Indo-European lexicon, generating words for birth, generation, kind, and origin across every branch. Greek 'genos' (race, birth, kind) and 'genesis' (origin, creation