"-kyn" meaning in Middle English

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "-kin"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "-kin"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "-kin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "-kin",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "borrowed from Middle Dutch -kin",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*-ukīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *-ukīn",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-ukīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably borrowed from Middle Dutch -kin, -ekin, from Old Dutch *-ukīn, -kīn, from Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn; apparently originally extrapolated from Dutch familiar forms of personal names. Compare bulchyn (“bullock”) and clouchyn (“clew”) for a possible variant of this suffix with /t͡ʃ/.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ekyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kynne",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-kyn",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Peter + -kyn → Perkyn",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms diminutives from nouns, mostly familiar forms of personal names."
      ],
      "id": "en--kyn-enm-suffix-YxJXUwN~",
      "links": [
        [
          "diminutive",
          "diminutive#English"
        ],
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "familiar",
          "familiar#English"
        ],
        [
          "personal",
          "personal#English"
        ],
        [
          "names",
          "names#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-kin/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-kyn"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "-kin"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "-kin"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "-kin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "-kin",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "borrowed from Middle Dutch -kin",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*-ukīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *-ukīn",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-ukīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably borrowed from Middle Dutch -kin, -ekin, from Old Dutch *-ukīn, -kīn, from Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn; apparently originally extrapolated from Dutch familiar forms of personal names. Compare bulchyn (“bullock”) and clouchyn (“clew”) for a possible variant of this suffix with /t͡ʃ/.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ekyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kynne",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-kyn",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English diminutive suffixes",
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English noun-forming suffixes",
        "Middle English suffixes",
        "Middle English terms borrowed from Middle Dutch",
        "Middle English terms derived from Middle Dutch",
        "Middle English terms derived from Old Dutch",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Peter + -kyn → Perkyn",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms diminutives from nouns, mostly familiar forms of personal names."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "diminutive",
          "diminutive#English"
        ],
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "familiar",
          "familiar#English"
        ],
        [
          "personal",
          "personal#English"
        ],
        [
          "names",
          "names#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-kin/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-kyn"
}