*kwenǭ

Runic: ᚲᚹᛖᚾᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈkʷe.nɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

woman

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (‘woman’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	kwenǭ	kwenōniz
Acc.	kwenōnų	kwenōnunz
Gen.	kwenōniz	kwenōnǫ̂
Dat.	kwenōni	kwenōmaz
Inst.	kwenōnē	kwenōmiz
Voc.	kwenǭ	kwenōniz

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Descendants

*kwenā (Proto-West Germanic)
- quena (Old Dutch)
  - quene, kone (Middle Dutch)
    - kween (Dutch)
      - kween (Afrikaans)
*kwenā (Proto-West Germanic)
- cwene (Old English)
  - quene (Middle English)
    - quean (English)
    - quean, quein, quine, quin (Scots)
*kwenā (Proto-West Germanic)
- chwena, kwena, quena (Old High German)
  - kone, kan, kun, quëne (Middle High German)
    - Kone (German)
*kwenā (Proto-West Germanic)
- quena (Old Saxon)
  - quēne, quêne, kôn (Middle Low German)
    - Quene (Low German)
      - Queene (German)
kona (Old Norse)
- kona, kvinna (Faroese)
- guenipe (French)
- kona, kvenna, kvinna (Icelandic)
- guênipe, guénipe (Norman)
- kone, kvinne (Norwegian Bokmål)
- kone, kvinne (Norwegian Nynorsk)
kona (Old Norse)
- kona, konæ (Old Danish)
  - kone, kvinde (Danish)
kona (Old Norse)
- kona, kuna (Old Swedish)
  - kåna, kona, kvinna (Swedish)
kvenna (Old Norse)
- kona, kvinna (Faroese)
- guenipe (French)
- kona, kvenna, kvinna (Icelandic)
- guênipe, guénipe (Norman)
- kone, kvinne (Norwegian Bokmål)
- kone, kvinne (Norwegian Nynorsk)
kvenna (Old Norse)
- kona, konæ (Old Danish)
  - kone, kvinde (Danish)
kvenna (Old Norse)
- kona, kuna (Old Swedish)
  - kåna, kona, kvinna (Swedish)
kvinna (Old Norse)
- kona, kvinna (Faroese)
- guenipe (French)
- kona, kvenna, kvinna (Icelandic)
- guênipe, guénipe (Norman)
- kone, kvinne (Norwegian Bokmål)
- kone, kvinne (Norwegian Nynorsk)
kvinna (Old Norse)
- kona, konæ (Old Danish)
  - kone, kvinde (Danish)
kvinna (Old Norse)
- kona, kuna (Old Swedish)
  - kåna, kona, kvinna (Swedish)
𐌵𐌹𐌽𐍉 (qinō) (Gothic)

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