[elric]

> 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]

> "kvinna" still means woman in Swedish.

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

[arethuza]

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

[thaumasiotes]

Yes.

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

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