Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *kwēnizScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_kwēniz
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*gʷḗn fwomanभर॑तिto bear
nounfemininei-stemwifeFrom an i-stem derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn f (‘woman’). Kroonen conjectures that it may be the nominalisation of a vr̥ddhi-gerundive of an otherwise unsupported *kwenan- < *gʷén-e- verb which would be "to marry". He cites the predominance of the "wife" meaning, as opposed to the more direct descendent *kwenǭ (‘woman’) and a similar formation in Sanskrit भर॑ति (bhárati, ‘to bear’) giving भार्या (bhāryā).