Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kunirīkī

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *kuni- +‎ *rīkī. Compare *kuningarīkī, which this term was replaced by in later West Germanic.

Noun

*kunirīkī n

kingdom, chiefdom

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kunirīkī
Genitive	*kunirīkijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kunirīkī	*kunirīkiju
Accusative	*kunirīkī	*kunirīkiju
Genitive	*kunirīkijas	*kunirīkijō
Dative	*kunirīkijē	*kunirīkijum
Instrumental	*kunirīkiju	*kunirīkijum

Descendants

Old English: cyneriċe
- Middle English: kineriche
  - Middle Scots: kinrik
    - Scots: kinrick
Old Dutch: *kunirīki
- Middle Dutch: conrike
Old High German: chuneriche

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