Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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Cognate with Upper Sorbian dźowćo, Polish dziewczę, Czech děvče, Old Church Slavonic дѣвица (děvica), Russian деви́ца (devíca), Serbo-Croatian d(j)evojka; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *děva (virgin). See also źowka (daughter).

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Noun

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źowćo n (diminutive źowćko)

  1. girl

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Further reading

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  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “źowćo”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “źowćo”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
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