Lexeme: żona

Language:
Old Polish
Meaning:
woman
Cognate Set:
*gʷen- [Proto-Indo-European]
Romanised orthography:
żona
Phonetic:
ˈʐɔna̠
Phonemic:
ˈʐona
Notes: Also 'żeńczyna, żeńczyzna', with the same root. 'Niewiasta' is semantically more complex (it refers normally to 'maried women').