quene – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of quene

Noun: quene
Sg.quene
Pl.quenes; quene; quenen

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like quene

quene, almesse, lede, strete,

Etymology

1. From Old English cwēn (“woman, wife, queen”) (the final schwa is by analogy with other Old English feminine nouns, such as Etymology 2), from Proto-West Germanic *kwāni, from Proto-Germanic *kwēniz, from a derivative of *gʷḗn (“woman, wife”). Cognates include:
2. * Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ), Greek γυναίκα (gynaíka)
3. * Old Prussian genna
4. * Persian زَن (zan)
5. * Sanskrit जनि (jani)
6. * Proto-Slavic *žena See: Ancient Greek Nouns 'γυνή', Greek Nouns 'γυναίκα'.

Verbs referencing "quene"

English Nouns queen, English Nouns quean.

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