Where does “cwēnlīċ” come from?

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

cwēnlīċ (Old English): queenly

Definitions

  1. queenly

Ancestry of “cwēnlīċ”, step by step

cwēnlīċ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English cwēn

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

via Old English līċ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlīċbody
2Proto-West Germaniclīkbody
3Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “cwēnlīċ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷen- →