Where does “queenly” come from?

queenly (Middle English) comes from Old English cwēnlīċ, from Old English cwēn, from Proto-West Germanic kwāni, from Proto-Germanic kwēniz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷḗn, from Proto-Indo-European gʷen- — woman.

Ancestry of “queenly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcwēnlīċqueenly
2Old Englishcwēnqueen; woman, wife, queen
3Proto-West Germanickwāniwoman, wife
4Proto-Germanickwēnizwife
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷḗnwoman
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷen-woman

Words derived from “queenly

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷen-