Where does “quene” come from?

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

quene (Middle English): A queen; Any powerful woman noble; A female...

Definitions

  1. A queen; Any powerful woman noble; A female...

Ancestry of “quene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcwenea woman; inflection of cwēn: ##...
2Old Englishcwēnqueen; woman, wife, queen
3Proto-West Germanickwāniwoman, wife
4Proto-Germanickwēnizwife
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷḗnwoman
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷen-woman

Words derived from “quene”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷḗn →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwēniz →