king

Japanese: king
king

…In the Byzantine Empire, basileus was used to mean emperor. (3) The root kun in the Old Icelandic konungr, Old English cyning, Modern English king, Modern German König, etc., means 〈lineage〉 or 〈family〉, as is evident from the Gothic kuni. In this case, the king means the person who represents the lineage and is its head. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "king" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ビザンティン帝国ではバシレウスbasileusが皇帝の意味で用いられた。(3)古代アイスランド語のkonungr,古代英語のcyning,現代英語のking,現代ドイツ語のKönigなどの語幹kunは,たとえばゴート語kuniからも明らかなように,〈家系〉〈家族〉を意味する。すなわちこの場合,王とは,家系を代表し,その長たる者を意味する。…

※「king」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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