Where does “þryþcyning” come from?

þryþcyning (Old English) comes from Old English cyning, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

þryþcyning (Old English): mighty king used of God

Definitions

  1. mighty king used of God

Ancestry of “þryþcyning”, step by step

þryþcyning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English cyning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcyningking
2Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
3Proto-West Germanictūnfence
4Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
5Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
6Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Old English þryþ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþryþstrength, power, force
2Proto-Germanicþrūþizstrength
3Proto-Germanic-þizForms abstract nouns from verb roots, usually...
4Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic dūnom →Every word from Gaulish dunum →
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