The Old Norse word kvinna
| Word | kvinna |
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| Meaning | woman |
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Proto-Indo-European: *gʷénha
‘woman, wife’ Hittite: kuu̯an- ‘woman’ |
| Synonyms | kvenna, kona |
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Other words that might be of interest |
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| moþir ‘mother’, bryþr ‘brother’, burr ‘son’, sonr ‘son’, barn ‘child’, dottir ‘daughter’, edda ‘great grandmother’, faþir ‘father’, faþurbroþir ‘uncle (fathers side)’, dóttir ‘daughter’, sonarkván ‘daughter-in-law’, afkæmismaðr ‘descendant’, afkomandi ‘descendant’, metorðabarn ‘female child, girl’, genta ‘girl’, píka ‘girl, lass’, sonarsonr ‘grandson’, lébarn ‘infant’, karl ‘man’, eyrarúna ‘mistress, wife’, sunr ‘son’, spúsa ‘spouse, wife’, eiðhúsfrú ‘wife’, ætt ‘family’ | |