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 Latin fīlia, from fīlius (“child, son”), from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“sucker”), a derivation from the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”). Cognate to French fille, Portuguese filha, Galician filla, Romanian fie, Spanish hija, Sicilian figghia, Sardinian filla, Romansh feglia.
aile: figlia adottiva, figlia d'arte, figlia di puttana, figlia unica, figliastra, figlioccia, figliola, figlioletta
köken: From Proto-Turkic *kï̄ŕ (“girl, woman”). Cognate with Old Turkic qïz ("girl, young lady, unmarried woman"), Turkish kız, Chuvash хӗр (hĕr), etc.
köken: Inherited from Chagatai قیز (qyz /qï̄z/), from Proto-Common Turkic *qï̄z, from Proto-Turkic *kï̄ŕ. Cognate with Uyghur قىز (qiz), Turkmen gȳz, Azerbaijani qız, Turkish kız (“girl”); Old Turkic 𐰶𐰃𐰕 (q̊²iz /qïz/); etc.
köken: From Proto-Turkic *kï̄ŕ (“girl, woman”). Cognate with Turkish kız, Azerbaijani qız, Kazakh қыз (qyz), Bashkir ҡыҙ (qıź), Tatar кыз (qız), and Chuvash хӗр (hĕr).
daughter (female offspring) · offshoot, something derivative or subordinate
çekim: çoğul dochters
eş: dochtermaatschappij, dochteronderneming
köken: From Middle Dutch dochter, from Old Dutch dohter, from Proto-West Germanic *dohter, from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese donzela, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, from Latin domina. Compare Old Occitan donçela, Spanish doncella, French demoiselle.
köken: Inherited from Old Swedish dōttir, from Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriʀ, “daughters”), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”).
köken: Unknown. Related to Karelian impi. SSA also suggests that the word is related to Võro impe', but this word is only attested in Wiedemann's dictionary and appears to be a ghost word.