Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kuningaz
Appearance
Proto-Germanic
[edit]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *kunją (“clan”) + *-ingaz (“suffix of belonging”),[1] with semantic shift from "someone of the family" > "someone that inherits (from their family)" > "king".
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*kuningaz m
Inflection
[edit]masculine a-stemDeclension of *kuningaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *kuningaz | *kuningōz, *kuningōs | |
vocative | *kuning | *kuningōz, *kuningōs | |
accusative | *kuningą | *kuninganz | |
genitive | *kuningas, *kuningis | *kuningǫ̂ | |
dative | *kuningai | *kuningamaz | |
instrumental | *kuningō | *kuningamiz |
Related terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *kuning
- Old English: cyning, cyng, cyneg, cynig, cuning, kyning, kining, kuning, cyncg, cyngc, kyningc, kung — Northumbrian
- Old Frisian: kening, kining, kinig, keneng, koning
- Old Saxon: kuning
- Old Dutch: cuninc
- Old High German: kuning, cuning, chuninc, chuning, khuninc
- Old Norse: konungr, kongr — later form, ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛁ (kunuki) — dative singular, ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛋ (kunuks) — genitive singular, ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛅᛦ (kunukaʀ), ᚴᚢᚿᚢᚴᛆᛧ (kunukaʀ) — nominative plural
- → Lithuanian: kunigas, kuningas, kunigaikštis
- → Latvian: kungs
- → Proto-Finnic: *kuningas (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Samic: *konëŋkēs (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Slavic: *kъnędzь (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]Categories:
- Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-ingaz
- Proto-Germanic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Proto-Germanic lemmas
- Proto-Germanic nouns
- Proto-Germanic masculine nouns
- gem-pro:Nobility
- gem-pro:Occupations
- gem-pro:Titles
- gem-pro:Heads of state
- Proto-Germanic a-stem nouns