Where does “girleen” come from?
girleen (English) comes from English een, from English Even, from Middle English even, from Old English efn, from Proto-West Germanic ebn, from Proto-Germanic ebnaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁émnos — equal, straight; flat, level, even.
girleen (English): A young woman, a girl
Definitions
- A young woman, a girl
Ancestry of “girleen”, step by step
girleen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English een
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | een | plural of eye; even; evening |
| 2 | English | Even | An ethnic Even: a member of an indigenous people... |
| 3 | Middle English | even | smoothly, evenly |
| 4 | Old English | efn | equal, level, even |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | ebn | even, level |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ebnaz | even, level |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁émnos | equal, straight; flat, level, even |