kriss kringle
'Santa Claus’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. krisking'l, kriskringel, christ-kinkle < G. Christkindlein, Christkind'l ‘Christ child’ < Christ + G. Kind ‘child’ < Proto-G. kunja- ‘family’ < krin < gene- < Tamil īṉ
kriss kringle
English words derived from Tamil īṉ connoting 'beget'