underking

== English == === Alternative forms === under-king === Etymology === From Middle English underking, from Old English undercing, undercyning (“under-king, viceroy”), possibly from Proto-West Germanic *underkuning, from Proto-Germanic *underkuningaz, equivalent to under- +‎ king. Cognate with Dutch onderkoning (“viceroy”), German Unterkönig (“underking”), Danish underkonge (“underking”), Swedish underkung (“underking”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === underking (plural underkings) An inferior or subordinate king; a viceroy.