English
cyning
Cyning comes from Old English cyning ‘king’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to procreate’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to procreate’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kuningaz‘king’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kuning‘king’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150cyning‘king’
- Englishearliest quotation 1805cyning
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to procreate’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kuningaz‘king’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kuning‘king’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150cyning‘king’
- Englishearliest quotation 1805cyning
Earliest quotation: 1805, Sharon Turner, The King’s Election and Coronation: “The firſt cynings of the Anglo Saxons ſeem to…”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to procreate’
general, kind, nature, german, nation, generation, native, gender, pregnant, gene, engine, oxygen, ken, genre, gentle, genuine, genius, indigenous, hydrogen, genocide, naive, genus, noel, natal, kin, innate, genital, nee, germ, nativity, nada, nascent, naïve, gentile, janata, gens, puny, ingenious, glycogen, genteel, 113 more
through Proto-Germanic *kuningaz ‘king’
through Proto-West Germanic *kuning ‘king’
Today it means
noun An Anglo-Saxon (early English) king.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / cyning