Etymograph

English

Queenie

From queen + -ie.

Formed from queen + -ie

Proto-Indo-European *gʷénh₂s ‘woman’

Proto-Germanic *kwēniz ‘wife’

Proto-West Germanic *kwāni ‘woman’

Old English cwēn

Middle English quene ‘a queen’

English queen

Today it means

name A female given name from English.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Queenie