kindred
‘a group of related persons, as a family, clan, tribe or nation’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. kynderede, kynderyd, kyndrede, kindred < O.E. kinraden ‘family, lineage; race, nation,tribe, people; kinsfolk, blood relations’ < kin + -rede < ræden ‘state, condition’ < ræd ‘to advise, rule, read’ < Proto-G. redin < ruh < re- < Tamil ār