Proto-West Germanic

*kuning

‘king’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *kuning.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, most familiar first.

• king ← cening
• cyning
• kingless ← kingles ← king ← cyning
• kingric ← kingriche ← king ← cyning

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *kuning