kván
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- wife
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *kwēniz (woman) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷénh₂s, *gʷḗn (woman).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷénh₂s, *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
- 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
- cuina Spanish, Castilian
- *gʷénh₂s, *gʷḗn Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷḗn Proto-Indo-European
- *kwēniz Proto-Germanic
- クイーン Japanese
- cwēn Old English
- quene Middle English
- bœn Old Norse
- kvánbœnir Old Norse
- kvæn Old Norse
- ควีน Thai
- 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *kwāni gmw-pro
- 퀸 Korean
- kwiin Marshallese
- kwin Tok Pisin
- G@Shoulder-PalmDown G@Abdomen-PalmDown American Sign Language