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ME: gyrle, garl, geerl, gyrle…<br /> | ME: gyrle, garl, geerl, gyrle…<br /> | ||
ModE: girl<br /> | ModE: girl<br /> | ||
| − | === Etymology<sup>2</sup> === | + | === Etymology<sup>2</sup> === |
Origin unknown<br /> | Origin unknown<br /> | ||
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The unpalatalized initial consonant (ME) forms could perhaps be explained as the result of the influence of a northern form.<br /> | The unpalatalized initial consonant (ME) forms could perhaps be explained as the result of the influence of a northern form.<br /> | ||
Others suggest an Anglian form with retraction of æ to a before r plus another consonant in a labial environment> i-mutation to æ<br /> | Others suggest an Anglian form with retraction of æ to a before r plus another consonant in a labial environment> i-mutation to æ<br /> | ||
The ME forms suggest that the word is the reflex of an Old English word with y, or at the least of a word whose stem vowel was identified in early ME with the various reflexes (spelt u, i,and e ) of OE y.<br /> | The ME forms suggest that the word is the reflex of an Old English word with y, or at the least of a word whose stem vowel was identified in early ME with the various reflexes (spelt u, i,and e ) of OE y.<br /> | ||
| − | === Original meaning<sup>4</sup> === | + | === Original meaning<sup>4</sup> === |
Child of either sex; a young person. Now Irish English (1300)<br /> | Child of either sex; a young person. Now Irish English (1300)<br /> | ||
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* A young or relatively young woman (1375) | * A young or relatively young woman (1375) | ||
Verze z 25. 11. 2014, 22:54
Girl
Forms1
ME: gyrle, garl, geerl, gyrle…
ModE: girl
Etymology2
Origin unknown
Several theories:
Unrecorded OE form *gyrela (the diminutive suffix -el) from Proto-Germanic *gurwilon
ME word shows the reflex of the attested OE word gyrela (dress, apparel)
A borrowing from another West Germanic language: Middle Low German: Gör (small child) 16c
Phonological development3
The unpalatalized initial consonant (ME) forms could perhaps be explained as the result of the influence of a northern form.
Others suggest an Anglian form with retraction of æ to a before r plus another consonant in a labial environment> i-mutation to æ
The ME forms suggest that the word is the reflex of an Old English word with y, or at the least of a word whose stem vowel was identified in early ME with the various reflexes (spelt u, i,and e ) of OE y.
Original meaning4
Child of either sex; a young person. Now Irish English (1300)
Other meanings5
- A young or relatively young woman (1375)
- A woman of any age (often derogatory)
- A female child. The counterpart of boy. (1375)
- A sweetheart, a girlfriend; a wife. (colloquial) (1513)
- A prostitute. Recorded earliest in girl of the game, †girl of ease. (1662)
- A female servant or domestic employee (1688)
- A black female servant or domestic employee. (derogatory and offensive) (1835)
- US slang for cocaine
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