Type Word Usage Old Slavic (Hypothetical) Meaning & History Slavic word meaning "prince", of Germanic origin [1]. Related ItemsFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & Culturescyning(Anglo-Saxon) kuning(Old Dutch) kuningaz(Old Germanic) kuning(Old High German) Surname DescendantsKnežević(Croatian) Knežević(Serbian) Sources & References Trubachyov, Oleg. Etimologicheskiy Slovar Slavyanskikh Yazykov (vol. 13). Moscow, 1974-, page 200.