Where does “дѣвица” come from?

дѣвица (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic děvica, from Proto-Slavic děva, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

дѣвица (Old East Slavic): maid, maiden, damsel, virgin

Definitions

  1. maid, maiden, damsel, virgin

Ancestry of “дѣвица”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicděvicagirl, 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 Proto-Slavic děvica →