köken: From Middle High German juncvrouwe, from Old High German juncvrouwa (“maiden; unmarried noblewoman”). Equivalent to jung + Frau. Compare Danish jomfru, Dutch jonkvrouw (“maiden”), juffrouw (“unmarried young woman; female teacher, nanny”), Yiddish יונגפֿרױ (yungfroy).
Miss, girl, young lady · a younger sister of one's husband
köken: First attested in the Gukhan hoehwa (國韓會話 / 국한회화), 1895, as Early Modern Korean 아기씨 (Yale: akissi). From 아기 (agi, “baby”) + -씨 (-ssi, status suffix)
köken: Attested since 1591. Origin according to Nationalencyklopediens ordbok (NEO) is uncertain. Possibly related to the modern Swedish word flik (“flap, tab”).
Miss (title of an unmarried woman) · Miss (polite form of address for a young female stranger; also used to address a female waiter but now somewhat dated in this sense) · miss, young lady (a young woman or girl, especially one of sophistication)
çekim: çoğul neidit · tamlayan neidin
köken: From Proto-Finnic *näitei, variant of neito.
köken: i (“small, young”, dialectal, only in compound words such as ileány (“little girl”)) + fiú (“boy”). The first part of the compound is from Proto-Ugric *äjɜ (“little, small, young”).
girl; teenager; young lady; single woman · girlfriend
çekim: çoğul mozas
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese moço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) of unknown origin. Cognate with Portuguese moça, Asturian and Spanish moza.
köken: Etymology tree Esperanto junulo Proto-Germanic *-inī Proto-West Germanic *-ini Old High German -in Middle High German -in German -inder. Esperanto -ino Esperanto junulino From junulo (“young person”) + -ino (“female”).