Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kunirīkī

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 *kuni- +‎ *rīkī. Compare *kuningarīkī, which this term was replaced by in later West Germanic.

Noun

*kunirīkī n

1. kingdom, chiefdom

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kunirīkī
Genitive	*kunirīkijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kunirīkī	*kunirīkiju
Accusative	*kunirīkī	*kunirīkiju
Genitive	*kunirīkijas	*kunirīkijō
Dative	*kunirīkijē	*kunirīkijum
Instrumental	*kunirīkiju	*kunirīkijum

Descendants

• Old English: cyneriċe, cinerīċe, cynerȳċe, kynerīċe
  • Middle English: kineriche, cunnriche, kinereiche, kineric, kinneriche, kinriche, kuneriche, kynereche, kyneriche, kynriche, kynryche, cyne rice, kinerice, kuneriche, kynerice (Early Middle English), kinric, kinrik, kunerike (Northern)
    • Middle Scots: kinrik
      • Scots: kinrick
• Old Dutch: *kunirīki, *kunrīki
  • Middle Dutch: conrike
• Old High German: chuneriche