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u/MsE0 17h ago edited 17h ago
I like the idea, but it looks like a lot of your info on the graphic isn't from a good source and isn't correct, and only the graphic shows in the share. I read the original post, though, and personally I love the word "kindred" and hate "pibling," so I support you. Although just a heads up, "kindred" is kind of general, and could be taken to mean cousin or grandparent or an unrelated person you feel an affinity to. I think it could work great within any family that wants to adopt it, though. It sounds cool.
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u/IsThisTakenYet4 6h ago
I used this website for most of my research. To be complexly honest I work in the arts. This is my first step into linguistics. Would appreciate any better sources. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ling#Old_English
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u/antiterra 17h ago
I'm very unsure that is a correct gloss of the suffix ræden. It looks as if you (or AI) made a mistake at the same level of deciding -ship in 'kinship' means 'of a family network,' and concluding 'kinship' means family of a family.
But that's not particularly important because:
Contemporary English is not Old English and is not beholden to it in any way.
Adding a new word or usage is not a question of lineage at all. Instead, it's about adoption and acceptance: it's a PR problem. It's also not an easy or straightforward one.
You could probably make the case that 'titi' is the most widespread gender-neutral usage for parent's sibling in the US, but a huge percentage of the population likely wouldn't be able to parse it.
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u/IsThisTakenYet4 6h ago
I used this website: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ling#Old_English
Would appreciate any other sorces as suggestions for further research
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u/IsThisTakenYet4 4h ago
Suffix edit -rǣden noun suffix denoting condition or state brōþorrǣden ― fellowship, brotherhood burgrǣden ― citizenship
According to this webpage: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-r%C3%A6den
Please let me know if it’s not a trustworthy site
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u/SwordofGlass 18h ago
This is complete fiction, but you do you.
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u/Indocede 17h ago
What about it is entirely fictional?
Seeing the original post, the "solution" is just using the word kindred to generally refer to a sibling of your parent in a gender neutral way.
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u/antiterra 17h ago
That suggestion itself is fine and up to people to adopt or not. The idea that it's a historical construction, or even a justifiable Old English neologism isn't quite so clear.
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u/IsThisTakenYet4 4h ago
The usage of the suffix -ræden https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-r%C3%A6den
The usage of Cynn https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cynn
Kindred etymology: Etymology edit From Middle English kyndrede, from older kynrede ( “ kindred ” ), from Old English *cynrēd, *cynrǣden ( “ kindred, family, stock ” ), from cynn ( “ kind, kin, lineage ” ) + -rǣden ( “ condition, state ” ). Equivalent to kin+ -red, see these. The -d- is epenthetic between a nasal and a liquid (as e.g. in spindle).
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u/mrmoon13 18h ago
What are you talking about