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English: Q
queen
female ruler; king's wife Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English queen
The old word meant 'woman, wife'. Old gw became kw (qu) in English and Gothic (queen, qinō); Greek lost the w (gynē), and Sanskrit has j (jani).
Drafted; not yet checked. Play Family Reunion
quick
fast; (old) alive Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English quick
The old g-and-w sound stayed g in Lithuanian and became zh in Russian. In English it became kw (quick), and Latin lost the g. Quick once meant alive.
Drafted; not yet checked. Play Family Reunion