jungfru
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- a young (unmarried) woman, a young lady
- a virgin
- a girl, a maid, a female servant
- (historical) an old measure of volume, equal to 8.2 centilitres
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse jungfrú derived from Middle Low German junkvruwe.
Origin
Middle Low German
junkvruwe
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- jumpru Finnish
- juntata Finnish
- juntta Finnish
- junttapulla Finnish
- paalujuntta Finnish
- sotilasjuntta Finnish
- jomfru Norwegian Bokmål
- jungfrukälla Swedish
- jungfrutrana Swedish
- källa Swedish
- källjungfru Swedish
- trana Swedish
- jomfru Norwegian Nynorsk
- jungfrú Old Norse
- junkvruwe Middle Low German