Appendix:Proto-Germanic/kuningaz

This entry contains Proto-Germanic reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *kunungaz

Etymology

From *kunją +‎ *-ingaz, 'someone of the family'.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈku.niŋ.ɡɑz/

Noun

*kuningaz m

1. king

Declension

Declension of *kuningaz (a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kuningaz	*kuningōz, -ōs
Vocative	*kuning	*kuningōz, -ōs
Accusative	*kuningą	*kuninganz
Genitive	*kuningas, -is	*kuningǫ̂
Dative	*kuningai	*kuningamaz
Instrumental	*kuningō	*kuningamiz

Descendants

• Old English: cyning, cyng
  • Middle English: kyng, king
    • Scots: king
    • English: king
      • American Sign Language: K@Shoulder K@Abdomen
• Old Frisian: kining, kinig, kening, keneng, koning
  • North Frisian: könning
  • West Frisian: kening
• Old Saxon: kuning
  • Middle Low German: konink, konnink, kunig, koaning
    • Low German: Koning, Köning
    • West Frisian: keuning
• Old Dutch: kuning
  • Middle Dutch: coninc, koninc
    • Dutch: koning
      • Afrikaans: koning
• Old High German: kuning, *kunig
  • Middle High German: künic, künec
    • German: König
    • Luxembourgish: Kinnek
• Old Norse: konungr, kongr
  • Icelandic: konungur, kóngur
  • Faroese: kongur, konungur
  • Norwegian: konge
  • Swedish: konung, kung
  • Danish: konge
• Lithuanian: kunigas
• Finnish: kuningas
• Sami:
  • Northern Sami: gonagas
  • Lule Sami: gånågis
  • Skolt Sami: koonǥõš
• Proto Slavic: *kъnędzь
  • Old Church Slavic: кънѧзь
  • Russian: князь (knjaz')
  • Lower Sorbian: kněz
  • Czech: kněz
  • Slovak: kňaz