Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwēniz

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): /ˈkʷɛː.niz/

Noun

*kwēniz f

1. wife

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *kwēniz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kwēniz	*kwēnīz
vocative	*kwēni	*kwēnīz
accusative	*kwēnį	*kwēninz
genitive	*kwēnīz	*kwēnijǫ̂
dative	*kwēnī	*kwēnimaz
instrumental	*kwēnī	*kwēnimiz

Related terms

• *kwenǭ

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kwāni
  • Old English: cwēn, cwǣn, cuēn, cwœ̄n — Anglian, cœ̄n — Northumbrian
    • Middle English: quene, qwene, cwene, queene, quen, qween, qweene, queyne, qwenne, qwhene, kuene, quiene, queen
      • English: queen (see there for further descendants)
      • Scots: queen, wheen
      • Yola: queen
  • Old Saxon: quān
    • >? Middle Low German: quêne, kôn (merged with Old Saxon quena)
• Old Norse: kvæn, kván
  • Icelandic: kván, kvon, kvæn
  • Norwegian: kvån (dialectal)
  • Old Swedish: -qvæn in broþorqvæn, sonaqvæn
• Gothic: 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃 (qēns)