woman (adult female human) · wife (married woman, especially in relation to her spouse) · a title of courtesy, equivalent to Mrs/Ms, which has nearly replaced Fräulein in the function of Miss
köken: From Middle High German vrouwe, from Old High German frouwa (“mistress”), from Proto-West Germanic *frauwjā, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, a feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”), giving Old English frēa (“lord, king; God, Christ; husband”), frēo (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *proHwo-, a derivation from *per- (“to go forward”). Cognate with Old Saxon frūa (hence Middle Low German vrouwe, Modern…
köken: Inherited from Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, diminutive of Latin domina. Compare Spanish doncella and damisela, Italian donzella and damigella, Portuguese donzela. Doublet of donzelle. See Romanian domnișoară.
aile: demoiselle d'honneur, demoiselle en détresse, mademoiselle
köken: Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾnwk'), [Manichaean needed] (bʾnwg /bānūg/), from Old Persian *bānūka-. Akin to Old Armenian բանուկան (banukan), an Iranian borrowing.
köken: From Proto-Turkic *bāla (“child”), which is etymologically related to baldız (“sister-in-law”). Cognate with Crimean Tatar bala, Uzbek bola, Turkish bala (dialectal), etc.
child, kid, non-adult human · first-degree descendant, still a minor or irrespective of age · product of influence, breeding etc.
çekim: çoğul kinderen
eş: minderjarige
köken: From Middle Dutch kint, from Old Dutch kint, from Proto-West Germanic *kind (“offspring”), from Proto-Germanic *kindą (“offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁tóm (“that which is produced, that which is given birth to”), related to *ǵn̥h₁tós (“produced, given birth”), from *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to give birth”).
aile: adoptiefkind, bastaardkind, bevrijdingskind, boemerangkind, buitenkind, couveusekind, een kind kan de was doen, enig kind, geesteskind, kankerkind
Hij heeft als kind leren schaatsen.
Mijn kinderen zijn intussen allemaal volwassen.
Deze kunstwerken zijn een kind van de moderne kunstbeweging.
daughter · virgin, maiden · little girl, young lady
köken: ⟨woto₂me₁⟩ → /wotome/ → /otome/ From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE. Compound of おと (oto, cognate with Old Japanese verb 復つ otsu, “to become young”) + 女 (me, “girl, female”). Contrasts with 男 (otoko, “man”, original meaning of “boy”). See also 娘 (musume, “daughter”), 姫 (hime, “princess”).
a child (person who has not reached adulthood) · a child (son or daughter) · a child (figurative offspring)
çekim: çoğul barns · tamlayan barns
eş: unge, telning
köken: From Old Swedish barn (“child”), from Old Norse barn (“child”), from Proto-Germanic *barną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Cognate with Danish barn, Icelandic barn, Old Saxon barn, Old High German barn, Latvian bērns (“child”), Lithuanian bérnas (“worker”) and bernẽlis (“lad”), a kind of participle to bära (“to bear, to carry, as in childbirth”).