Chind

• Chìnd, Kind (Basel, Chur), Kìnd (Alsace), Chend (Walser), Kend (Swabia), Kiand (Vorarlberg)

From Middle High German kint, from Old High German kind, from Proto-Germanic *kindą, *kinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”). Cognate with German Kind, Dutch kind, German Low German Kind, Low German Kinn.

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /ɣ̊ind̥/, /ɣ̊ɪnd̥/
• (Bern) IPA^(key): /ɣ̊ɪnd̥/

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Chind n (plural Chind or Chinde or Chinder, diminutive Chindli)

1. child
2. girl, maid
3. (Chindli) baby