4 ms·
> Welsh benyw (woman) is cognate with English queen (which used to mean "woman"). The relationships between languages are fun and fascinating. "kvinna" still m
by elric 1y ago
> Welsh benyw (woman) is cognate with English queen (which used to mean "woman").
The relationships between languages are fun and fascinating. "kvinna" still means woman in Swedish.
- arethuza 1y agoI wonder if that’s where the use of “quine” for “girl” comes from in North East Scotland?
- thaumasiotes 1y agoYes. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quine#Scots https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quine#Scots (That is to say, the Scots word descends from English, not from Norse.)
- thaumasiotes 1y ago> "kvinna" still means woman in Swedish. We started updating that more than a thousand years ago. Get with the times already. ;D