köken: From Middle Persian [script needed] (hwšk' /hōšag/, “ear of corn, cluster; the star Spica, the constellation Virgo”), borrowed into Old Armenian խոշակ (xošak) and into Arabic حُوشَاكِيّ (ḥūšākiyy, “two-grained wheat”). Note also the mushroom-name غوشْنَه (ġōšna), غوشَنَه (ġōšana) passed into Arabic غَوْشَنَة (ḡawšana, “morel”). Probably from Proto-Iranian *Hawšaka-, a derivative of…
Virgo (constellation of the zodiac containing the bright binary star Spica, in the shape of a set of a virgin) · Virgo (zodiac sign for the virgin, covering August 23 — September 22)
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köken: Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bēgeč, a diminutive form of *bēg.
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese donzela, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, from Latin domina. Compare Old Occitan donçela, Spanish doncella, French demoiselle.
köken: Originally, the combination was close to the literal meaning, i.e., a female 士 (shì, “person from higher, educated social stratum”), a woman whose character, upbringing, and conduct matched those expected of the 士 class. For example, in the Shijing (《詩·大雅·既醉》)
köken: From Old Swedish enkil, from Middle Low German enkel, from Proto-Germanic *ainkila-, equivalent to en (“one”) + -el. Compare etymology of English simple. Cognate with Danish enkel, enkelt, Norwegian enkel, Icelandic ekkil, Dutch enkel and Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌻𐍃 (ainakls). Compare also Latin singulus with the same suffix. See also änka (“widow”) and änkling (“widower”).
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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.
köken: From Middle Low German vrouweken, vrouken, a diminutive of vrouwe, vruwe, from Old Saxon frūa. Cognate with German Frau (“woman”), Dutch vrouwe (“lady”), vrouw (“woman”) (Danish frue, fru and Swedish fru are borrowed from Low German). For the semantic development of the diminutive, compare German Fräulein (“Ms.”).