köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъnędzь, borrowed from Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. The feminine form княги́ня (knjagínja, “princess”) has preserved the original, Germanic g sound. Doublet of ксёндз (ksjondz), a borrowing from Polish, and ко́нунг (kónung).
aile: княги́ня, княже́ние, княжени́ка, кня́жество, кня́жить, кня́жич, княжна́, вели́кий кня́зь, из гря́зи в кня́зи
köken: Inherited from Byzantine Greek βασιλιάς < βασιλέας (basiléas) with synizesis [ʎa] to avoid hiatus. From Ancient Greek βασιλεύς (basileús, “king, leader, prince, emperor”), from Proto-Hellenic *gʷatiléus; the word, attested in some form since Mycenaean times, is of uncertain ultimate etymology; possibly of Anatolian origin. Also see βασίλισσα (basílissa, “queen”).
köken: From Old Swedish drotin (with -in interpreted as the definite suffix), from Old Norse dróttinn, from Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz. Related to dryg (lasting, heavy).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dem- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dṓmder. Proto-Italic *domanos Proto-Italic *domanā Latin domina Late Latin domna Old French dame French damebor. Polish dama Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ Proto-Slavic *-ъka Old Polish -ka Polish -ka Polish damka From dama + -ka.