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A possible Old English cognate of Dharma is Gecynd.
Gecynd (pronounced yeh-kund), was a term for nature, including both the natural world and order, and nature as in manner and disposition, and kind or class.
It originated from Proto West-Germanic gakundiz, and an Old High German equivalent is gikunt.
Derivatives included;
Gecynde/Gecyndelic: natural.
Gecyndelim: (male and female) genitalia.
Mennesc gecynd: human nature.
Sundorgecynd: unusual.
Médrengecynd: nature derived from mother.
Ealdgecynd: old or original nature.
Painting by Angus McBride.
A possible Old English cognate of Dharma is Gecynd.
Gecynd (pronounced yeh-kund), was a term for nature, including both the natural world and order, and nature as in manner and disposition, and kind or class.
It originated from Proto West-Germanic gakundiz, and an Old High German equivalent is gikunt.
Derivatives included;
Gecynde/Gecyndelic: natural.
Gecyndelim: (male and female) genitalia.
Mennesc gecynd: human nature.
Sundorgecynd: unusual.
Médrengecynd: nature derived from mother.
Ealdgecynd: old or original nature.
Painting by Angus McBride.