Künning
Central Franconian
/ˈkyniŋ/
noun
Definitions
- (some dialects, including) king, King ruler of a kingdom
- (some dialects, including) king chess piece
- (some dialects, including) king card
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz (king).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kuningaz
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
- Dreikönigstag German
- Erlkönig German
- Herzkönig German
- König German
- Königin German
- Königreich German
- Königsbauer German
- Königsberg German
- Königsfamilie German
- Königsflügel German
- Königsgeier German
- Königsgelb German
- Königskerze German
- Königskind German
- Königskobra German
- Königslachs German
- Königsmord German
- Königsschloss German
- Königssohn German
- Königstiger German
- Königtum German
- Quotenkönig German
- Vizekönig German
- Wachtelkönig German
- Zaunkönig German
- königlich German
- königsblau German
- *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *kuningaz Proto-Germanic
- kongr Old Norse
- konungr Old Norse
- *kъnędzь Proto-Slavic
- kuning Old High German
- künec Middle High German
- *kuning gmw-pro
- *kuningas Proto-Finnic
- *konëŋkēs Proto-Samic
- gonagas Northern Sami
- kunigas Lithuanian
- Keenich Pennsylvania German
- kunâgâs Inari Sami