Where does “дѣвьство” come from?

дѣвьство (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic дѣва, from Proto-Slavic děva, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

дѣвьство (Old Church Slavonic): virginity

Definitions

  1. virginity

Ancestry of “дѣвьство”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicдѣваvirgin; maiden
2Proto-Slavicděvamaiden, girl
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Slavic děva →Every word from Old Church Slavonic дѣва →