donzelle
Norman
noun
Definitions
- (Jersey) hussy
Etymology
Inherited from Old French damoisele inherited from Latin *domnicella, domina (mistress, lady, mistress of the house, mistress of an estate household) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (house, home, a house).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dṓm
Gloss
house, home, a house
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
Classifier
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- domina English
- *domnicella Latin
- domesticus Latin
- domina Latin
- dominus Latin
- domna Latin
- domus Latin
- damigella Italian
- dame French
- demoiselle French
- donzelle French
- дама Russian
- Doña Spanish, Castilian
- damisela Spanish, Castilian
- doncella Spanish, Castilian
- doña Spanish, Castilian
- δάμαρ Ancient Greek
- δόμος Ancient Greek
- δῶ Ancient Greek
- δῶμα Ancient Greek
- *dem- Proto-Indo-European
- *demh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *dṓm Proto-Indo-European
- dame Norwegian Bokmål
- dame Norwegian Nynorsk
- दम् Sanskrit
- dameisele Middle English
- *domъ Proto-Slavic
- dame Old French
- damoisele Old French
- donicela Galician
- տուն Old Armenian
- d'mouaîselle Norman
- donezỹa Old Portuguese
- donzela Old Portuguese
- *dáma Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *domos Proto-Italic
- donçela Old Occitan
- dònna Ligurian
- dona Dalmatian
- daime Bourguignon
- daimoizâle Bourguignon
- 𐬛𐬀𐬨 Avestan
- danme Picard