dziewka - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Inherited from Old Polish dziewka, from Proto-Slavic *děvъka, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). Doublet of dziwka (“whore”).
dziewka f (diminutive dzieweczka)
- (archaic) girl
- Synonyms: dziewoja, dziewica, dziewczę, dziewczyna, dziewczynka
- (archaic) servant (unmarried girl working as a maid in the countryside)