From Middle High German kinne, from Old High German kinni, from Proto-West Germanic *kinnu, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus (“chin, jaw, cheek”).
Compare Low German Kinn, Dutch kin, English chin, Danish kind, Icelandic kinn.
Kinn n (strong, genitive Kinnes or Kinns, plural Kinne)
- chin
Declension of Kinn [neuter, strong]
- “Kinn” in Duden online
- “Kinn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache