--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> MessageIt should be *g^nh1enkó- to account for the predominant
vocalism and Verner's Law.
>
> Piotr
Perhaps *kuninga- are descendants or followers of an original king
Kun? (no, not the one from the movie). Cf Rigsthula:
46.
Reið Konr ungr
kjörr ok skóga,
kolfi fleygði,
kyrrði fugla.
47.
Þá kvað þat kráka,
sat kvisti ein:
"Hvat skaltu, Konr ungr
kyrra fugla?
Heldr mætti þér
hestum ríða,
[hjörvi bregða]
ok her fella.
48.
Á Danr ok Danpr
dýrar hallir,
ðra óðal
en ér hafið;
þeir kunnu vel
kjóli at ríða,
egg at kenna,
undir rjúfa."
i.e.
Rode Kon the young through copse and woods,
birds he snared, used bow and arrow.
48
Then quoth a crow, croaking on branch:
"Why snarest thou birds, scion of kings?
Rather should'st thou ride swift horse,
(brandish swords) and slay foemen.
49
"Have Dan and Danp 41 a dwelling richer,
and lands larger, than are left to thee;
are they skilled in steering on stormy seas, in trying swords and
slaying heroes."
41 Don & Dniepr?
Torsten