Where does “cwēn” come from?

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

cwēn (Old English): queen; woman, wife, queen

Definitions

  1. queen; woman, wife, queen

Ancestry of “cwēn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickwāniwoman, wife
2Proto-Germanickwēnizwife
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷḗnwoman
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷen-woman

Words derived from “cwēn”

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