bena
Gaulish
/benaː/
noun
Definitions
- woman
- wife
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Celtic *benā inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (woman).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷḗn
Gloss
woman
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
女
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Queen Elizabeth Islands English
- Queenie English
- Queenite English
- Queensferry English
- antiqueen English
- butch queen English
- dequeen English
- gylany English
- gyne English
- gynecide English
- gynemimetic English
- merqueen English
- multiqueen English
- queen English
- queen bee English
- queen-cage English
- queen-size English
- queencraft English
- queendom English
- queener English
- queenfish English
- queenhood English
- queenie English
- queenish English
- queenless English
- queenlet English
- queenlike English
- queenly English
- queenmaker English
- queenright English
- queenship English
- queenside English
- queeny English
- requeen English
- semiqueen English
- unqueen English
- yas queen English
- Queen German
- gynécologie French
- philogynie French
- жена Russian
- cuina Spanish, Castilian
- γυνή Ancient Greek
- γυνή, γυναῖκα Ancient Greek
- γυναικεῖος Ancient Greek
- λ(ύειν), λύειν Ancient Greek
- ἀνδρόγυνος Ancient Greek
- *gʷḗn Proto-Indo-European
- *kwenǭ Proto-Germanic
- *kwēniz Proto-Germanic
- クイーン Japanese
- バンシー Japanese
- cwene Old English
- horcwene Old English
- portcwene Old English
- जनी Sanskrit
- quene Middle English
- bean Irish
- bean sí Irish
- fáidhbhean Irish
- spéirbhean Irish
- ógbhean Irish
- *žena Proto-Slavic
- зан Persian
- کانم Persian
- ควีน Thai
- γυναίκα Greek (modern)
- benyw Welsh
- benywaidd Welsh
- benywod Welsh
- կին Old Armenian
- banscál Old Irish
- ben Old Irish
- ben síde Old Irish
- bean Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ben Manx
- *kwenā gmw-pro
- *ben Proto-Celtic
- *benā Proto-Celtic
- жінка Ukrainian
- *ǰánHs Proto-Indo-Iranian
- 퀸 Korean
- quean Scots
- banamail Middle Irish
- жена Old East Slavic
- kwiin Marshallese
- kwin Tok Pisin
- benyn Cornish
- *génāˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- γυναίκα gkm
- *ǰánHh Proto-Iranian
- *banujos Proto-Brythonic
- херээжен Tuvan
- śana Tocharian B
- śäṃ Tocharian A
- ben Old Welsh
- 𐀓𐀙𐀊 Mycenaean Greek
- 𒉿𒈾𒀜𒋾𒅖 Luwian
- γῠνά̄ grc-dor
- G@Shoulder-PalmDown G@Abdomen-PalmDown American Sign Language