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Where does “קעניגין” come from?

קעניגין (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German künigin, from Old High German chuningin.

קעניגין (Yiddish): queen

Definitions

  1. queen

Ancestry of “קעניגין”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankünigin—
2Old High Germanchuningin—
Every word from Old High German chuningin →