Proto-Germanic origin
Source-reportedDative of *ᚲᚢᚾᛁᛗᚢᛞᚢᛉ (*kunimuduʀ /Kunimunduʀ/), from Proto-Germanic *Kunimunduz, a compound of *kuniz (“family, kin”) and *mundō (“protection”). Cognate with Latin Cunimundus, Old High German Chunimunt, Old English Cynemund. The u-stem dative singular -ᛁᚢ (-iu) comes from Proto-Germanic *-iwi, with a loss of the final *-i. For another example of non-writing of a nasal before a homorganic consonant, see ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨᚲᚢᛞᛟ (raginakudo /raginakundō/).
Sources for this account (1)
- Wiktionary: ᚲᚢᚾᛁᛗᚢᛞᛁᚢCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

