Language | Reflex(es) | Gloss | Grammar | Sources |
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Celtic |
Old Irish | ben | woman | n | GED LRC |
Irish | bean | woman | n | W2I LRC |
Irish | bean-sīdhe | banshee | n | CDC LRC |
Gaelic | bean | woman | n | W2I LRC |
Gaelic | b(e)an-sīth | banshee | n.fem | W7 CDC LRC |
English |
Old English | cwēn | queen, wife, woman | n.str.fem | GED ASD LRC |
Old English | cwēne, cwȳne | queen, quean, wife, woman | n.fem | W7 ASD LRC |
Middle English | quene | queen | n | W7 LRC |
English | banshee | female spirit whose wailing warns family of approaching death (Gaelic folklore) | n | AHD W7 LRC |
English | -gyne | woman, female | n.sfx | AHD W7 LRC |
English | gynecocracy | political supremacy of women | n | AHD W7 LRC |
English | gynecology | study of women's hygiene/diseases | n | AHD LRC |
English | gynoecium | pistils, aggregate of flower carpels | n | AHD W7 LRC |
English | -gynous | re: female(s) | adj | AHD W7 LRC |
English | quean | disreputable woman | n | AHD W7 LRC |
English | queen | wife/widow of king | n | AHD W7 LRC |
English | zenana | harem, seraglio | n | AHD W7 LRC |
West Germanic |
Dutch | kween | married woman | n.fem | ASD LRC |
Old Saxon | cwān, cwēna | wife | n.fem | ASD LRC |
Old Saxon | quān | queen, wife, woman | n.str.fem | GED LRC |
Old High German | quena, chena, chone | queen, wife, woman | n.fem | ASD LRC |
Middle High German | kon(e) | wife | n.fem | ASD LRC |
German | Königin | queen | n.fem | ASD LRC |
North Germanic |
Old Norse | kona | queen, wife, woman | n.fem | LRC |
Old Icelandic | kvān, kvæn | queen, wife, woman | n.str.fem | GED LRC |
Old Icelandic | kvæna | to make one marry | vb.wk | GED LRC |
Old Icelandic | ū-kvæntr | unmarried | adj | GED LRC |
Icelandic | kona, kuna, kwān, kwǣn | queen, wife, woman | n | ASD LRC |
Danish | kone, qwinde | wife, woman | n | ASD LRC |
Danish | kvinde | woman | n | TLL LRC |
Swedish | kvinna | woman | n | TLL LRC |
Swedish | kåna | quean, low woman | n.fem | ASD LRC |
Swedish | qwinna | wife, woman | n.fem | ASD LRC |
East Germanic |
Gothic | qens | queen, wife, woman | n.fem | GED LRC |
Gothic | qino | woman, female | n | LRC |
Italic |
Latin | gynaeceum | women's apartments | n.neut | W7 LRC |
New Latin | gynoecium | women's apartments | n.neut | W7 LRC |
New Latin | -gynus | of women | sfx | W7 LRC |
Balto-Slavic |
Old Prussian | genno | woman | n | GED LRC |
Old Church Slavonic | žena | wife, woman | n.fem | LRC |
Russian | ženà | wife | n | GED LRC |
Hellenic |
Boeotian | βανά | wife, lady | n | GED LRC |
Greek | gynaikeion | gynoecium | n.neut | W7 LRC |
Greek | γυναῖκες | women | n.pl | GED LRC |
Greek | gynaikokratia | gynecocracy | n.fem | W7 LRC |
Greek | gynaikos | pertaining to women | adj | W7 LRC |
Greek | γυνή | wife, woman | n.fem | LRC |
Greek | μνηστεύω | to woo, espouse | vb | LRC |
Armenian |
Armenian | kin | wife, woman | n | LRC |
Indo-Iranian |
Avestan | gənā | wife, woman | n | GED LRC |
Avestan | ǰaini- | woman | n | GED LRC |
Avestan | ǰąni- | woman | n | GED LRC |
Sanskrit | jáni- | wife, woman | n | GED LRC |
Sanskrit | jñā́- | goddess, divine female | n | GED LRC |
Hindi | zanāna | harem | n | W7 LRC |
Tocharian |
Tocharian B | klīye, klyiye | woman | n | GED LRC |
Tocharian B | śana | wife | n | GED LRC |
Tocharian A | kuli | woman | n | GED LRC |
Tocharian A | śäm | wife | n | GED LRC |