Künig

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Chüng, Kênig

Etymology

From Old High German kuning, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, beget, give birth”). Cognate with German König, Plautdietsch Kjennich, Saterland Frisian Köönich, Dutch koning, English king, and Norwegian konge.

Noun

Künig m

(Urseren, dated) king

Usage notes

Mainly used in proper nouns, especially the names of inns and pubs.

References

Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 19.

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