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The English Language: A Historical Introduction, second edition
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Charles Barber · Joan C. Beal · Philip A. Shaw
- YEAR
- 2009
- PUBLISHER
- Cambridge University Press
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- monograph
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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Is Finnish kuningas an ancestor of English king?
No. Finnish borrowed the word from Germanic. Its conservative shape is evidence for reconstruction, not a donor on the English lineage.
Chapter 4, p. 92 in print; PDF p. 106Explains that Finnish preserves a more archaic form useful for reconstructing *kuningaz.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS
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kuningas → *kuninga-
Finnish → Proto-Germanic · borrowing
- SOUND
- Finnish kuningas preserves the reconstructed word’s fuller syllabic shape and final consonant in an adapted Finnic form.
- MEANING
- The borrowed meaning remains king.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Rosemarie Lühr · Charles Barber · Joan C. Beal · Philip A. Shaw
Chapter 4, p. 92 in print; PDF p. 106Explains why Finnish preserves comparative evidence for reconstructed *kuningaz.
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kuningas
Finnishearly Germanic loan that conserves an archaic-looking form; not an English ancestor
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Proto-Germanic linguistic horizon
Uses Finnish kuningas as comparative evidence for reconstructed *kuningaz.
Chapter 4, p. 92 in print; PDF p. 106 · uncertainNON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
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WORD-FAMILY REUSE