"-chin" meaning in Middle English

See -chin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Old English -ċin, variant of -ċen, from Proto-West Germanic *-ikīn, *-ukīn, equivalent to -ok + -en. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|-ċin}} Old English -ċin, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*-ikīn}} Proto-West Germanic *-ikīn, {{af|enm|-ok|-en}} -ok + -en Head templates: {{head|enm|suffix}} -chin
  1. Alternative form of -chen Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: -chen Derived forms: bulchin (english: bullock), clouchin

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-07-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-07-01 using wiktextract (c690d5d and b5d1315). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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