King Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Etymology== {{Further|Rex (title)|Knyaz}} The English term {{wikt-lang|en|king}} is derived from the [[Old English language|Anglo-Saxon]] ''cyning'', which in turn is derived from the [[Common Germanic]] *''kuningaz''. The Common Germanic term was borrowed into Estonian and Finnish at an early time, surviving in these languages as {{wikt-lang|fi|kuningas}}. It is a derivation from the term ''*kunjom'' "kin" ([[Old English]] {{wikt-lang|ang|cynn}}) by the ''-inga-'' suffix. The literal meaning is that of a "scion of the [noble] kin", or perhaps "son or descendant of one of noble birth" ([[OED]]). The English term translates, and is considered equivalent to, Latin ''[[Rex (title)|rēx]]'' and its equivalents in the various [[European languages]]. The Germanic term is notably different from the word for "King" in other Indo-European languages (''*rēks'' "ruler"; [[Latin]] ''[[King of Rome|rēx]]'', [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] ''[[Raja|rājan]]'' and [[Irish language|Irish]] ''[[rí]]g''; however, see Gothic ''[[reiks]]'' and, e.g., modern German ''Reich'' and modern Dutch ''rijk''). Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page