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

[michelsauvant]

Hi Francisc
Thank you.
I though this "u" was not pronounced like short english "oo". 
Because of the greacian parent word "cyne" for "kuni",and the german 
brother word "könig",I imagined it between french "eu" and 
french "o".
If you are right, I think that "canigo" is not parent with "kuni 
hauh" or "kuniggs hauh".
Michel

 
 

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Francisc Czobor" <fericzobor at ...> 
wrote:
>
> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "michelsauvant" <michelsauvant@> 
> wrote:
> > ...
> > P.S.
> > Was the « ku- » in « kuniggs » pronounced like "cool" , 
or "cut", or 
> > german "Kügel", or "core", or "copy", or "coat" or something 
else? 
> > 
> > 
> 
> As far as I know, the Gothic pronounciation is not known with 
> exactitude (it is, after all, a dead language with only written 
> records), but most probably the ku- in *kuniggs was pronounced 
> phonetically [ku-], that is, unaspirated [k] + short [u] sound 
(i.e. 
> short English "oo" or French "ou"). Of course, this ku- syllable 
should 
> have borne the stress within the word *kuniggs.
> 
> Francisc
>






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