Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwenǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʷe.nɔ̃ː/

Noun

*kwenǭ f

  1. woman

Inflection

Declension of *kwenǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kwenǭ *kwenōniz
vocative *kwenǭ *kwenōniz
accusative *kwenōnų *kwenōnunz
genitive *kwenōniz *kwenōnǫ̂
dative *kwenōni *kwenōmaz
instrumental *kwenōnē *kwenōmiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kwenōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 317
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