Etymograph

English

kingric

Kingric comes from Northern Middle English kingriche ‘the realm of a king’, from Proto-Germanic *kunją ‘clan’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to beget, give birth’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-1‘to beget, give birth’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₁-yó-m1‘begotten, birthed’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kunją2‘clan’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kuningaz3‘king’reconstructed
  5. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kuning3‘king’reconstructed
  6. Old Englishc. 450–1150cyning3‘king’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500king4‘king (monarch)’
  8. Northern Middle Englishmodernkingriche5as kingrike‘the realm of a king’
  9. Englishtodaykingric5

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *kunją
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *kuningaz
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Middle English king
  4. 4 Wiktionary, Middle English kingriche
  5. 5 Wiktionary, English kingric

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *kunją‘to beget, give birth’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₁-yó-mWiktionary, Proto-Germanic *kunją‘begotten, birthed’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kunjąWiktionary, Proto-Germanic *kuningaz‘clan’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kuningazWiktionary, Middle English king‘king’reconstructed
  5. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kuningWiktionary, Middle English king‘king’reconstructed
  6. Old Englishc. 450–1150cyningWiktionary, Middle English king‘king’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500kingWiktionary, Middle English kingriche‘king (monarch)’
  8. Northern Middle EnglishmodernkingricheWiktionary, English kingricas kingrike‘the realm of a king’
  9. EnglishtodaykingricWiktionary, English kingric

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to beget, give birth’

general, nature, german, kind, nation, generation, native, gender, pregnant, engine, gene, genius, oxygen, ken, genre, genuine, gentle, indigenous, hydrogen, genocide, naive, genus, noel, genital, natal, innate, nee, germ, nativity, nada, nascent, gentile, ingenious, janata, gens, puny, glycogen, genial, genteel, cognate, 109 more

through Proto-Germanic *kunją ‘clan’

kin, kine, 4 more

through Proto-Germanic *kuningaz ‘king’

kingdom, 4 more

Today it means

noun A kingdom or realm.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “kingric”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Germanic *kunją, Proto-Germanic *kuningaz, Middle English king, Middle English kingriche. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / kingric

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