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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kwenā
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ.
Noun
*kwenā f[1]
- woman
Inflection
ōn-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *kwenā | |
Genitive | *kwenōn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *kwenā | *kwenōn |
Accusative | *kwenōn | *kwenōn |
Genitive | *kwenōn | *kwenōnō |
Dative | *kwenōn | *kwenōm |
Instrumental | *kwenōn | *kwenōm |
Descendants
- Old English: cwene
- Middle English: quene
- Scots: quean, quein, quine, quin
- English: quean
- Middle English: quene
- Old Saxon: quena
- Middle Low German: quene, quēne, kôn (merged with Old Saxon quān)
- Low German: Quene
- Middle Low German: quene, quēne, kôn (merged with Old Saxon quān)
- Old Dutch: *quena
- Middle Dutch: quene, kone
- Dutch: kween
- Middle Dutch: quene, kone
- Old High German: chuuena, quena
- Middle High German: kone, kan, kun, quëne
- German: Kone
- Middle High German: kone, kan, kun, quëne
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 50: “PWGmc *kwenā”