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		elric 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Patagonian Welsh > 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.

thaumasiotes 5 months ago | [–]

> "kvinna" still means woman in Swedish.

We started updating that more than a thousand years ago. Get with the times already. ;D

arethuza 5 months ago | [–]

I wonder if that’s where the use of “quine” for “girl” comes from in North East Scotland?

thaumasiotes 5 months ago | [–]

Yes.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quine#Scots

(That is to say, the Scots word descends from English, not from Norse.)

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