Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kuniz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈku.niz/

Noun

*kuniz m

offspring
descendant; son

Declension

i-stemDeclension of *kuniz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kuniz	*kunīz
vocative	*kuni	*kunīz
accusative	*kunį	*kuninz
genitive	*kunīz	*kunjǫ̂
dative	*kunī	*kunimaz
instrumental	*kunī	*kunimiz

Related terms

Descendants

⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *kuni- (prefix)
- Old English: cyne-, cyn-, cine-; cyni-
  - Middle English: kine-, coin-, ken-, kene-, kin-, kym-, kyne-; cune-, cyne-
    - (English: kindom)
    - (Scots: kinrick)
- Old High German: *kuni-, chune-, chuni- (in personal names)
Old Norse: konr
- Icelandic: konur; konar

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