Where does “dziewczątko” come from?

dziewczątko (Polish) comes from Polish dziewczę, from Polish -ę, from Old Polish -ę, from Proto-Slavic -ę, from Proto-Indo-European -ę.

Ancestry of “dziewczątko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishdziewczęgirl
2Polish-ęForms neuter nouns, especially referring to young...
3Old Polish-ęforms neuter nouns, especially referring to young animals or, more rarely, young people
4Proto-Slavic-ęForms nouns for young animals and other...
5Proto-Indo-European-ę—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ę →Every word from Polish -ę →Every word from Old Polish -ę →