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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

queen OE. cwēn = OS. quān, ON. kvaen (also kván), Goth. qēns :- Gmc. *kwǣniz, f. IE. *g^wēn-, *g^wen- (see QUEAN).
Hence queenly XVI.

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