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Henrik Theiling skrev:
Hi! Carl Edlund Anderson writes:... OSax. quik, OHG quec? Likewise English "queen", Goth. qino, OSax. quan, OHG quena ... but ON kona.But dat.pl. is 'kvenna' in ON. Also derived words: 'female' is 'kvenkyns'.
Not to mention _kvenma�r_ 'female person',
contrasted with _karlma�r_ 'male person'.
There is also _kv�n/kv�n_'married woman' from, with
analogical change *� > �, cognate to Goth. _q�ns_,
OE _cw�n_, Old Saxon _qu�n_, Sanskrit _j�ni-_,
all of the same meaning.
Germanic outside English is shock full of /kv/, whether
spelled _kv/qu/kw_. What's the point of making a Germanic-
taste language if you dislike typical Germanic sounds and
sound-combination? (Just wondering...)
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