quean

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (archaic) A woman, now especially an impudent or disreputable woman; a prostitute.
2. (Scotland) A young woman, a girl; a daughter.

Sinonieme

call girl

courtesan

prostitute

strumpet

trollop

harlot

drab

queen

👸

jade

Vertalings

παλιογυναίκα

genç kız

orospu

sürtük kadın

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kwiːn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: quene

Geërf van Old English: cwene

Verwante met Nederlands: kween

Verwante met Nederduits: quene

Verwante met Duits: Kone

Verwante met Sweeds: kvinna

Verwante met Yslands: kona

Verwante met Goties: 𐌵𐌹𐌽𐍉

In summary

From Middle English quene (“young, robust woman”), from Old English cwene (“woman, female serf”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwenā, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”). Doublet of gyne and queen.
Cognate with Dutch kween (“a barren woman, a barren cow”), Low German quene (“barren cow, heifer”), German Kone (“wife”), Swedish kvinna (“woman”), Icelandic kona (“woman”), Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌽𐍉 (qinō, “woman”), 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃 (qēns, “wife”).