chin English · revision 13435

− It is [[inh|ang|cin]], cinn (probably before 832; earlier in the compound cinberg, about 725),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) a general Germanic word: Old Saxon and Old High German kinni (German Kinn), Old Norse kinn, cheek, and Gothic kinnus, cheek.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) It goes back to an Indo-European word probably meaning “jaw”,^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(Barnhart 1988) seen also in Latin gena, cheek, Greek génus, jaw, Sanskrit hánu-, jaw, chin, Welsh gen, jaw, chin, and Tocharian A śanwem, jaws.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)