γυνή
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- woman, female
- wife
Etymology
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
- gylanic English
- gylany English
- gyne English
- gynecide English
- gynecology English
- gynemimetic English
- macrogyne English
- merqueen English
- mimetic English
- monogyne English
- multiqueen English
- polygyne English
- pseudogyne English
- quean 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
- androgynus Latin
- Queen German
- gynécologie French
- gynécologique French
- philogynie French
- cuina Spanish, Castilian
- γυνή, γυναῖκα Ancient Greek
- γυναικεῖος Ancient Greek
- λ(ύειν), λύειν Ancient Greek
- φίλος Ancient Greek
- ἀνήρ Ancient Greek
- ἀνδρόγυνος Ancient Greek
- ἀνδρός Ancient Greek
- *gʷḗn Proto-Indo-European
- *kwenǭ Proto-Germanic
- *kwēniz Proto-Germanic
- クイーン Japanese
- Cwenland Old English
- cwen Old English
- cwene Old English
- cwenfugol Old English
- cwenlic Old English
- cwēn Old English
- ealdcwen Old English
- ग्ना Sanskrit
- जनि Sanskrit
- जनी Sanskrit
- cwene Middle English
- queene Middle English
- quen Middle English
- quene Middle English
- quenes Middle English
- qwene Middle English
- *žena Proto-Slavic
- կին Armenian
- зан Persian
- کانم Persian
- ควีน Thai
- առնակին Old Armenian
- կին Old Armenian
- տիկին Old Armenian
- *kwāni gmw-pro
- *ben Proto-Celtic
- *benā Proto-Celtic
- *ǰánHs Proto-Indo-Iranian
- 퀸 Korean
- *gnáHs Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *ȷ́ánHiṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- kwiin Marshallese
- kwin Tok Pisin
- *génāˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *ǰánHh Proto-Iranian
- śana Tocharian B
- bena Gaulish
- śäṃ Tocharian A
- ben Old Welsh
- 𐀓𐀙𐀊 Mycenaean Greek
- 𒉿𒈾𒀜𒋾𒅖 Luwian
- γῠνά̄ grc-dor
- G@Shoulder-PalmDown G@Abdomen-PalmDown American Sign Language