king
Middle English
/kinɡ/
noun
Definitions
- king
Etymology
Inherited from Old English cyning (king) derived from Old Norse konungr (king).
Origin
Old Norse
konungr
Gloss
king
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
王
Emoji
👑 🦁
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- King's Daughters English
- Kingston English
- Kingstree English
- antiking English
- dragonking English
- foreking English
- ghostking English
- god-king English
- high king English
- kin English
- king English
- kingbird English
- kingbolt English
- kingcraft English
- kingcroaker English
- kingcup English
- kingdom English
- kingfish English
- kingfisher English
- kinghood English
- kingless English
- kinglet English
- kinglike English
- kingling English
- kingly English
- kingmake English
- kingmaker English
- kingmaking English
- kingpin English
- kingric English
- kingship English
- kingslayer English
- kingsman English
- kingsnake English
- kingwood English
- make-king English
- merking English
- nonking English
- overking English
- priest-king English
- subking English
- underking English
- unking English
- конунг Russian
- *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- konge Norwegian Bokmål
- *kuningaz Proto-Germanic
- キング Japanese
- cynerice Old English
- cyng Old English
- cyning Old English
- cyningdom Old English
- cyningdōm Old English
- cyningrice Old English
- leodcyning Old English
- wuldorcyning Old English
- æþelcyning Old English
- þeodcyning Old English
- Kingpleie Middle English
- Three Kings Middle English
- kingdom Middle English
- kynge Middle English
- pleie Middle English
- allvaldskonungr Old Norse
- frakkakonungr Old Norse
- konungr Old Norse
- konge Danish
- konungur Icelandic
- kóngur Icelandic
- คิง Thai
- King Cebuano
- kongur Faroese
- *kuning gmw-pro
- konunger Old Swedish
- 킹 Korean
- kiin̄ Marshallese
- king Tok Pisin
- K@Shoulder K@Abdomen American Sign Language