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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kwenā

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ.

Noun

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*kwenā f[1]

  1. woman

Inflection

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ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *kwenā
Genitive *kwenōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *kwenā *kwenōn
Accusative *kwenōn *kwenōn
Genitive *kwenōn *kwenōnō
Dative *kwenōn *kwenōm, *kwenum
Instrumental *kwenōn *kwenōm, *kwenum

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 50:PWGmc *kwenā