dronning

Norwegian Nynorsk

noun-f3

Definitions

queen a female monarch
queen chess piece
queen reproductive female of certain insects

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse dróttning (queen, mistress).

Origin

Old Norse

dróttning

Gloss

queen, mistress

Concept

Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*dʰrewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
dronning Norwegian Bokmål
drottning Swedish
bidronning Norwegian Nynorsk
bie Norwegian Nynorsk
dróttinn Old Norse
dróttning Old Norse
yfirdróttning Old Norse
dronning Danish
drottning Icelandic
drotning Faroese
drónning Scanian