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[–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Tsar/czar and kaiser are derived from caesar.

I'm going to assume that 'king' probably does in some tortuous way.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    ‘King’ is kinda obviously Germanic.

    Interestingly, Proto-Germanic ‘*kuningaz’ or ‘*kunungaz’, meaning “king”, are equivalent to ‘kin’ +‎ ‘-ing’, since ‘*kunją’ meant kin, family, or clan. So a king was a dude (presumably) who was clan-ing over the clan.

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