cyning

Old English

Alternative forms

• cyng

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kuningaz, perhaps from a suffixed form of Proto-Indo-European *genh₁- (“to procreate”), related to Latin genus, English kin. The original meaning may be ‘leader of people’ or ‘noble-born’. Cognate with Old Frisian kening, Old Saxon kuning, Dutch koning, Old High German kuning (German König), Old Norse konungr (Icelandic konungur; Swedish terms konung and kung, Danish and Norwegian konge). Early borrowing into Finnish and Estonian as kuningas.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkyninɡ/, [ˈkyniŋɡ]

Noun

cyning m

1. king

Declension

    Declension of cyning (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	cyning	cyningas
accusative	cyning	cyningas
genitive	cyninges	cyninga
dative	cyninge	cyningum

Descendants

• English: king

See also

• landfruma m