cyne-

Old English

Alternative forms

• cyn-, cine-

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *kuni- (“race, geneology”), from Proto-Indo-European *genh₁- (“to produce, beget”). Akin to Old English cynn "race, nation, family", cennan "to beget"

Prefix

cyne-

1. royal, kingly

   cynebænd "diadem"

   cynerēaf "royal robe"