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

[urba_kestutis]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, Michael Erwin <merwin at ...> wrote:
>
> A few sketchy hypotheses; I'm not ready to argue for or against  
> these, but I'd like to know what others make of these.
> 
> (1) Got. 'reiks' doesn't come (directly) from Lat. 'rex.'
> 
> (2) Got. 'reiks' comes from Clt. 'rix.'
> 
> (3) Eng. 'king' doesn't come (at all) from Greek.
> 
> (4) Eng. 'king' comes from Eng. 'kin.'
> 
> (5) Got. 'kindins' comes from Got. 'kuni.'
> 
> (6) Got. '*kunig--' would come from Got. 'kuni' as well. (what 
should  
> the Gothic ending be?)
> 
> (7) Got. 'thiudans' comes from Got. 'thiuda.'
> 
> (8) The analogy kindins : kuni :: thiudans : thiuda is older and  
> meanings probably shifted.
> 
> (9) The analogy *kunigs : kuni :: thiudans : thiuda is younger 
and  
> probably holds.
> 
> (10) Both kindins and *kunigs derive from the same word using 
older  
> and newer word-formation rules. Because the vowels diverge in 
kindins  
> vs. kuni I assume kindins is older. Because *kunigs is attested 
in  
> the other Germanic languages it is still very old - probably 
Common- 
> Germanic. Alternatively, one of kindins and *kunigs might have 
been  
> borrowed from another Germanic language, or *kunigs might have 
been  
> unknown in Gothic.
>

about (2) - in prussian language there is rikis and this sounds like 
lithuanian rekti - the meaning to shout and rikiuoti - to make order 
in some millitary troop ar army, so for me - rex is the great 
shouter near his army and order maker. The king is the best hunter 
according to the greek word for hunter - kunegos






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