Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwēniz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

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

Old English: cwǣn, cwēn
- Middle English: cwen, quene, queen, qwhene, whene
  - Scots: queen, wheen
  - English: queen
Old Saxon: quān
Old Norse: kvæn, kván
- Icelandic: kvon
- Norwegian: kvån (dialectal)
- Old Swedish: -qvæn in broþorqvæn, sonaqvæn
- Westrobothnian: kon
Gothic: 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃 (qēns)

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