Where does “ķēniņiene” come from?

ķēniņiene (Latvian) comes from Latvian ķēniņš, from Middle Low German könink, from Old Saxon kuning, from Proto-West Germanic kuning, from Proto-Germanic kuningaz, from Proto-Germanic kunją, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁yom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

ķēniņiene (Latvian): queen

Definitions

  1. queen

Ancestry of “ķēniņiene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianķēniņšking
2Middle Low Germanköninkking
3Old Saxonkuningking
4Proto-West Germanickuningking
5Proto-Germanickuningazking
6Proto-Germanickunjąkin, family, clan; omen, portent, miracle
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁yom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁yom →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunją →