somethingDotExe@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 months agoA name more fittinglemmy.worldimagemessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageA name more fittinglemmy.worldsomethingDotExe@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square23linkfedilink
minus-squareSlurpingPus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 months ago‘King’ is kinda obviously Germanic. Interestingly, Proto-Germanic ‘*kuningaz’ or ‘*kunungaz’, meaning “king”, are equivalent to ‘kin’ + ‘-ing’, since ‘*kunją’ meant kin, family, or clan. So a king was a dude (presumably) who was clan-ing over the clan.
‘King’ is kinda obviously Germanic.
Interestingly, Proto-Germanic ‘*kuningaz’ or ‘*kunungaz’, meaning “king”, are equivalent to ‘kin’ + ‘-ing’, since ‘*kunją’ meant kin, family, or clan. So a king was a dude (presumably) who was clan-ing over the clan.