kvinna

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Swedish word kvinna comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷen-, Proto-Indo-European *-h₂-, and later Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (Woman.)

*gʷen- (Proto-Indo-European)

*-h₂- (Proto-Indo-European)

*gʷḗn (Proto-Indo-European)

Woman.

*kwenǭ (Proto-Germanic)

Woman.

*kwēniz (Proto-Germanic)

Wife.

kván (Old Norse)

kvæna (Old Norse)

kvinna (Swedish)

A woman.

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