Where does “cwene” come from?
cwene (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.
cwene (Old English): a woman; inflection of cwēn: ##...
Definitions
- a woman; inflection of cwēn: ##...
Ancestry of “cwene”, step by step
cwene traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.