Etymology

Always derived from ON, cp. OIcel kið 'kid, young of goat'. No native reflex of PGmc *kiđjan or kittjan (cp. OHG kizzi 'kid') is attested in OE, but it would be supposed to show palatalization of the initial consonant.

PGmc Ancestor

*kiđjan

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

kið 'kid, young of goat'
(ONP kið (sb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Icel kið, Norw kid, Dan kid, Sw kid

OE Cognate

Phonological and morphological markers

absence of palatalization of */k/

Summary category

A1

Attestation

First attested in Orrm, but common and widespread thereafter.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

WA 4476, 4524

Bibliography

MED kide (n.) , OED kid (n.1) , HTOED , Bj. 143, 161, 191, de Vries kið, Mag. kið, Orel *kiđjan ~ *kittjan