Where does “девочка-подросток” come from?

девочка-подросток (Russian) comes from Russian де́вочка, from Russian де́ва, from Proto-Slavic děva, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

девочка-подросток (Russian): girl, teenage girl at the age of puberty

Definitions

  1. girl, teenage girl at the age of puberty

Ancestry of “девочка-подросток”, step by step

девочка-подросток traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian де́вочка

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianде́вочкаgirl
2Russianде́ваmaiden
3Proto-Slavicděvamaiden, girl
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Russian подро́сток

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianподро́стокteenager, juvenile, youth, adolescent
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Slavic děva →Every word from Russian де́ва →