Etymology

Vbl. n. formed on kindill.

PGmc Ancestor

*kunđjan-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

kynda 'kindle, light a fire'; cp. kyndill (n.) 'candle, torch'
(ONP kynda (vb.); cp. kyndill (sb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

OE Cognate

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

B2

Attestation

See kindill.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

WA 3292

Bibliography

MED kindeling(e (n.), OED kindling (n.2), Bj. 246, de Vries kynda, Mag. kynda, Orel *kunđjanan, Kroonen *kundjan-