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Old English cynn (affix)
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Old English -ing (affix)
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Proto-West Germanic *kuning (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (root)
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Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (derived)
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English cyning (learned borrowing)
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Middle English king (inherited)
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Swedish kille (mention)