I'm trying to focus on a time frame for the
transformation of this proto-Germanic form (and others
like it i.e. -az endings) into what existed in
subsequent Germanic languages and dialects. I've
started to go through Heyne's Gothic Dictionary and
noticed a number of words ending in -s. Could some of
them have been Gothic developments of -az? (While
other languages just dropped -az altogether). This may
be a will o' the wisp, but the reason for my interest
is an attempt to discover broad (or narrow if at all
possible) parameters for the borrowing of "kuningaz"
by Finns, Balts, and Slavs. Any notions?*****
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