Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwenǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʷe.nɔ̃ː/

Noun

*kwenǭ f

1. woman

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *kwenǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kwenǭ	*kwenōniz
vocative	*kwenǭ	*kwenōniz
accusative	*kwenōnų	*kwenōnunz
genitive	*kwenōniz	*kwenōnǫ̂
dative	*kwenōni	*kwenōmaz
instrumental	*kwenōnē	*kwenōmiz

Related terms

• *kwēniz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kwenā
  • Old English: cwene
    • Middle English: quene
      • Scots: quean, quein, quine, quin
      • English: quean
  • Old Saxon: quena
    • Middle Low German: quēne, quêne, kôn (merged with Old Saxon quān)
      • Low German: Quene
        • → German: Queene
  • Old Dutch: *quena
    • Middle Dutch: quene, kone
      • Dutch: kween
  • Old High German: chuuena, quena
    • Middle High German: kone, kan, kun, quëne
      • German: Kone (obsolete)
• Old Norse: kona (gen. plur. kvenna, kvinna)
  • Icelandic: kona (gen. plur. kvenna, kvinna)
  • Faroese: kona, kvinna
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kone, kvinne
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kone, kvinne
  • Old Swedish: kona, kuna (gen. plur. kvinna, kvænna)
    • Swedish: kåna, kona, kvinna
  • Old Danish: kona, konæ
    • Danish: kone, kvinde
  • → Norman: guênipe, guénipe (Jèrriais)
  • → French: guenipe
• Gothic: 𐌵𐌹𐌽𐍉 (qinō)