cyning

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Old English cyning. Doublet of king and knez. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɪnɪŋ/ Rhymes: -ɪnɪŋ === Noun === cyning (plural cynings) An Anglo-Saxon (early English) king. == Old English == === Alternative forms === cing, cining, cyng, cyneg, cynig, cuning, kyning, kining, king, kuning, cyncg, cyngc, kyningc kung — Northumbrian cening — late Kentish === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to procreate”). Equivalent to cynn +‎ -ing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈky.ninɡ/, [ˈky.niŋɡ] === Noun === cyning m king late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints ==== Usage notes ==== When used as a title, cyning is usually placed after the king's name, unlike in modern English. Thus "King Edward" was Ēadweard cyning, not *cyning Ēadweard. Many compounds which might be expected to contain cyning instead use the prefix cyne- (“royal, of a king”). ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Coordinate terms ==== cwēn cyninge ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: king, kenin, kening, kinig (in compounds, toponymic), gug, kug (in compounds, influenced by Old Norse (see etymology)), knyng (transmission error), chinge, chinȝ, cing, cining, cinȝ, ging, keing, keng, kingk, kingue, kining, kink, kyng, kyngeEnglish: king (see there for further descendants)Scots: keeng, kingYola: kinge, king → English: cyning (learned)