Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kuningini

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *kuning +‎ *-ini.

Noun

*kuningini f

1. queen

Inflection

ī/jō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kuningini
Genitive	*kuningunnjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kuningini	*kuningunnjō
Accusative	*kuningunnjā	*kuningunnjā
Genitive	*kuningunnjā	*kuningunnjō
Dative	*kuningunnjē	*kuningunnjōm, *kuningunnjum
Instrumental	*kuningunnju	*kuningunnjōm, *kuningunnjum

Descendants

• Old English: *cyningen
  • >? Old English: cyninge (dissimilated from *cyningen ?)
• Old Frisian: *keningin, *keninginne
  • Saterland Frisian: Keninginne, Köänigin
  • West Frisian: keninginne
• Old Saxon: *kuningina, *kuningunnia
  • Middle Low German: köninginne, kȫninginne, kȫniginne, könninne
    • German Low German: Königin
• Old Dutch: kuninginna
  • Middle Dutch: coninginne, coninghinne
    • Dutch: koningin
• Old High German: kuningin, kunigin
  • Middle High German: chuonigin, chuoniginne, chuoningin, chuoninginne, kuningin, kuninginne, koningin, koninginne, künegin, küneginne, kunigin, künigin, kuniginne, küniginne, kungin, küngin
    • Cimbrian: khuuneghen
    • German: Königin
    • Vilamovian: kyngien
    • Yiddish: קעניגין (kenigin)