Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kuni-

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From compounds formed with Proto-Germanic *kuniz, which does not survive as an independent noun in West Germanic.

Noun

*kuni-

kingly, chiefly

Derived terms

*kunirīkī

Descendants

Old English: cyne-, cyn-, cine-
- Middle English: kine-, coin-, ken-, kene-, kin-, kym-, kyne-
  - (English: kindom)
  - (Scots: kinrick)
Old High German: *kuni-, chune-, chuni- (in personal names)