Where does “Kjennich” come from?

Kjennich (Plautdietsch) comes 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.

Kjennich (Plautdietsch): king

Definitions

  1. king

Ancestry of “Kjennich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanköninkking
2Old Saxonkuningking
3Proto-West Germanickuningking
4Proto-Germanickuningazking
5Proto-Germanickunjąkin, family, clan; omen, portent, miracle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁yom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “Kjennich”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁yom →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunją →