*kuningaz

Runic: ᚲᚢᚾᛁᚾᚷᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈku.niŋ.ɡɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

king

Etymology

From *kunją (‘clan’) + *-ingaz (‘suffix of belonging’), with semantic shift from "someone of the family" > "someone that inherits (from their family)" > "king".

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	kuningaz	kuningōz, kuningōs
Acc.	kuningą	kuninganz
Gen.	kuningas, kuningis	kuningǫ̂
Dat.	kuningai	kuningamaz
Inst.	kuningō	kuningamiz
Voc.	kuning	kuningōz, kuningōs

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Descendants

*kuning (Proto-West Germanic)
- cuninc (Old Dutch)
  - cōninc (Middle Dutch)
    - keuning (Limburgish)
*kuning (Proto-West Germanic)
- cuninc (Old Dutch)
  - cōninc (Middle Dutch)
    - koning (Dutch)
      - koning (Afrikaans)
      - kunnung (Mohegan-Pequot)
      - koning, kiniṅ (Negerhollands)
*kuning (Proto-West Germanic)
- cuninc (Old Dutch)
  - cōninc (Middle Dutch)
    - koning (Dutch)
      - kownu (Sranan Tongo)
        
        konu, Kari'na: konu (Aukan)
        
        kónoe (Lokono)
*kuning (Proto-West Germanic)
- cyning, cining, cyng, cyneg, cynig, cuning, kyning, kining, king, kuning, cyncg, cyngc, kyningc, kung, cening (Old English)
  - cyning (English)
*kuning (Proto-West Germanic)
- cyning, cining, cyng, cyneg, cynig, cuning, kyning, kining, king, kuning, cyncg, cyngc, kyningc, kung, cening (Old English)
  - king, kenin, kening, kinig, gug, kug, knyng, chinge, chinȝ, cing, cining, cinȝ, ging, keing, keng, kingk, kingue, kining, kink, kyng, kynge (Middle English)
    - king (English)
    - keeng, king (Scots)
    - kinge, king (Yola)
*kuning (Proto-West Germanic)
- kening, kining, kinig, keneng, koning (Old Frisian)
  - köning, kining, Köning (North Frisian)
  - Kening (Saterland Frisian)
  - kening (West Frisian)
*kuning (Proto-West Germanic)
- kuning, cuning, chuninc, chuning (Old High German)
  - künic, künec (Middle High German)
    - Künig, Chüng, Keenig (Alemannic German)
    - Kine, Kini, Kenig, Kineng (Bavarian)
    - Kinnik, Künning, Künnik (Central Franconian)
    - khuuneg (Cimbrian)
    - König (German)
    - Kinnek (Luxembourgish)
    - ? (Rhine Franconian)
    - kyng (Vilamovian)
    - קיניג (kinig), קעניג (kenig) (Yiddish)
*kuning (Proto-West Germanic)
- kuning (Old Saxon)
  - könink, könnink, kunig (Middle Low German)
    - kieneņš (Latgalian)
    - ķēniņš (Latvian)
    - König, Köänig (Saterland Frisian)
    - keuning (West Frisian)
*kuning (Proto-West Germanic)
- kuning (Old Saxon)
  - könink, könnink, kunig (Middle Low German)
    - Köning (Low German)
      - koaning, könning (Dutch Low Saxon)
*kuning (Proto-West Germanic)
- kuning (Old Saxon)
  - könink, könnink, kunig (Middle Low German)
    - Köning (Low German)
      - Koning, Köning, Keunig (German Low German)
        
        Kjennich (Plautdietsch)
konungr (Old Norse)
- kunungg (Elfdalian)
- kongur, konungur (Faroese)
- konungur, kóngur (Icelandic)
- kung (Jamtish)
- konung (Norn)
- konge, kong, konung, kung, kunge, kunnje, kång (Norwegian Nynorsk)
konungr (Old Norse)
- kung, konung (Old Danish)
  - káng (Scanian)
konungr (Old Norse)
- kung, konung (Old Danish)
  - konge, kong, konning (Danish)
    - kunngi (Greenlandic)
    - konge (Norwegian Bokmål)
konungr (Old Norse)
- kunungr (Old Gutnish)
  - kuningg, kungg (Gutnish)
konungr (Old Norse)
- konunger, kununger, kunger (Old Swedish)
  - konung, kung, kong (Swedish)
kongr (Old Norse)
- kunungg (Elfdalian)
- kongur, konungur (Faroese)
- konungur, kóngur (Icelandic)
- kung (Jamtish)
- konung (Norn)
- konge, kong, konung, kung, kunge, kunnje, kång (Norwegian Nynorsk)
kongr (Old Norse)
- kung, konung (Old Danish)
  - káng (Scanian)
kongr (Old Norse)
- kung, konung (Old Danish)
  - konge, kong, konning (Danish)
    - kunngi (Greenlandic)
    - konge (Norwegian Bokmål)
kongr (Old Norse)
- kunungr (Old Gutnish)
  - kuningg, kungg (Gutnish)
kongr (Old Norse)
- konunger, kununger, kunger (Old Swedish)
  - konung, kung, kong (Swedish)
ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛁ (kunuki) (Old Norse)
- kunungg (Elfdalian)
- kongur, konungur (Faroese)
- konungur, kóngur (Icelandic)
- kung (Jamtish)
- konung (Norn)
- konge, kong, konung, kung, kunge, kunnje, kång (Norwegian Nynorsk)
ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛁ (kunuki) (Old Norse)
- kung, konung (Old Danish)
  - káng (Scanian)
ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛁ (kunuki) (Old Norse)
- kung, konung (Old Danish)
  - konge, kong, konning (Danish)
    - kunngi (Greenlandic)
    - konge (Norwegian Bokmål)
ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛁ (kunuki) (Old Norse)
- kunungr (Old Gutnish)
  - kuningg, kungg (Gutnish)
ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛁ (kunuki) (Old Norse)
- konunger, kununger, kunger (Old Swedish)
  - konung, kung, kong (Swedish)
ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛋ (kunuks) (Old Norse)
- kunungg (Elfdalian)
- kongur, konungur (Faroese)
- konungur, kóngur (Icelandic)
- kung (Jamtish)
- konung (Norn)
- konge, kong, konung, kung, kunge, kunnje, kång (Norwegian Nynorsk)
ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛋ (kunuks) (Old Norse)
- kung, konung (Old Danish)
  - káng (Scanian)
ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛋ (kunuks) (Old Norse)
- kung, konung (Old Danish)
  - konge, kong, konning (Danish)
    - kunngi (Greenlandic)
    - konge (Norwegian Bokmål)
ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛋ (kunuks) (Old Norse)
- kunungr (Old Gutnish)
  - kuningg, kungg (Gutnish)
ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛋ (kunuks) (Old Norse)
- konunger, kununger, kunger (Old Swedish)
  - konung, kung, kong (Swedish)
ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛅᛦ (kunukaʀ) (Old Norse)
- kunungg (Elfdalian)
- kongur, konungur (Faroese)
- konungur, kóngur (Icelandic)
- kung (Jamtish)
- konung (Norn)
- konge, kong, konung, kung, kunge, kunnje, kång (Norwegian Nynorsk)
ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛅᛦ (kunukaʀ) (Old Norse)
- kung, konung (Old Danish)
  - káng (Scanian)
ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛅᛦ (kunukaʀ) (Old Norse)
- kung, konung (Old Danish)
  - konge, kong, konning (Danish)
    - kunngi (Greenlandic)
    - konge (Norwegian Bokmål)
ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛅᛦ (kunukaʀ) (Old Norse)
- kunungr (Old Gutnish)
  - kuningg, kungg (Gutnish)
ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛅᛦ (kunukaʀ) (Old Norse)
- konunger, kununger, kunger (Old Swedish)
  - konung, kung, kong (Swedish)
ᚴᚢᚿᚢᚴᛆᛧ (kunukaʀ) (Old Norse)
- kunungg (Elfdalian)
- kongur, konungur (Faroese)
- konungur, kóngur (Icelandic)
- kung (Jamtish)
- konung (Norn)
- konge, kong, konung, kung, kunge, kunnje, kång (Norwegian Nynorsk)
ᚴᚢᚿᚢᚴᛆᛧ (kunukaʀ) (Old Norse)
- kung, konung (Old Danish)
  - káng (Scanian)
ᚴᚢᚿᚢᚴᛆᛧ (kunukaʀ) (Old Norse)
- kung, konung (Old Danish)
  - konge, kong, konning (Danish)
    - kunngi (Greenlandic)
    - konge (Norwegian Bokmål)
ᚴᚢᚿᚢᚴᛆᛧ (kunukaʀ) (Old Norse)
- kunungr (Old Gutnish)
  - kuningg, kungg (Gutnish)
ᚴᚢᚿᚢᚴᛆᛧ (kunukaʀ) (Old Norse)
- konunger, kununger, kunger (Old Swedish)
  - konung, kung, kong (Swedish)
kunigas (Lithuanian)
kuningas (Lithuanian)
kunigaikštis (Lithuanian)
kungs (Latvian)
*kuningas (Proto-Finnic)
*konëŋkēs (Proto-Samic)
*kъnędzь (Proto-Slavic)

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