Re: [tied] kuningas <-> knyaz

If this is so, then can we add Gaulish cingas, 'warrior' to this as a
northern IE isogloss along with 'apple'?

--- In cybalist@..., "João S. Lopes Filho" <jodan99@...> wrote:
> I think yes.
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> > Is there any connection between Germanic *kuningas "king" (as
> > borrowed into Finnish) and Russian (and Slavic) knyaz "prince"
(where
> > ya < a nasal vowel). This would presuppose some Pre-Gmc.
*kuníngas, I
> > suppose?
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> > Torsten
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