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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *kuni- + *rīkī. Compare *kuningarīkī, which this term was replaced by in later West Germanic.
Noun
*kunirīkī n
- kingdom, chiefdom
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*kunirīkī
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| Genitive
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*kunirīkijas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*kunirīkī
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*kunirīkiju
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| Accusative
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*kunirīkī
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*kunirīkiju
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| Genitive
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*kunirīkijas
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*kunirīkijō
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| Dative
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*kunirīkijē
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*kunirīkijum
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| Instrumental
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*kunirīkiju
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*kunirīkijum
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Descendants
- Old English: cyneriċe, cinerīċe, cynerȳċe, kynerīċe
- Middle English: kineriche, cunnriche, kinereiche, kineric, kinneriche, kinriche, kuneriche, kynereche, kyneriche, kynriche, kynryche, cyne rice, kinerice, kuneriche, kynerice (Early Middle English), kinric, kinrik, kunerike (Northern)
- Old Dutch: *kunirīki, *kunrīki
- Old High German: chuneriche