kith
‘knowledge’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. cyþþo, keþþe, kythe, kyth < M.E. kitthe ‘people, race, kinsmen, family’ < O.E. cyðð ‘kinship, relationship; kinsfolk, fellow-countrymen, neighbors; native country, home; knowledge, acquaintance, familiarity’ < cuð ‘known’ < cunnan ‘to know’ < Proto-G. kunnjanan ‘be mentally able, have learned’ < kith < gno- < Tamil kaṇ