Was the word "kunig/kunigas/kunigur" a gothic word?

[ualarauans]

Hi again,

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "urba_kestutis" <urba_kestutis at ...> 
wrote:
>
> In lithuanian (neighbors of goths) there is the word kunas 
> (pronounciatin is like eng. koonus) with a meaning BODY and  
latvian 
> language has the simmilarity. So, Gothic 'kuni' is possibly 
related 
> to  lithuanian kunas, because 'kuni' has the meaning from the same 
> body, too but in prussian there is no koonas but kermenis. How to 
> explain this puzzle?

Lithuanian kunas, Lettish kunis, kuna "body" come from PIE *ku- "to 
cover", "to coat". Germanic words of the same stock which have gone 
through the 1st Sound Shift are ON ha: "skin" (< PG *xawô); with 
diverse suffixes ON hu:ð, OE hy:d "hide", OHG hu:t "Haut" et al.; 
OHG hodo "Hode"; Go., ON, OE, OHG hu:s "house", and a number of 
other formations. Outside the Germanic languages, there are Greek 
SKYTOS (with s-mobile) "skin", "leather", Lat. cutis "skin", 
Prussian keuto etc. Ergo, the Lithuanian word kunas has nothing to 
do with Go. kuni.

Ualarauans





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