girlishness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-West Germanic *gaurā

Proto-West Germanic *-ilā

Proto-West Germanic *gurilā

Old English *gyrele?

Middle English girle

English girl

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Proto-Germanic *-iskaz

Proto-West Germanic *-isk

Old English -isċ

Middle English -isch

English -ish

English girlish

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English girlishness

From girlish + -ness.

Noun

girlishness (countable and uncountable, plural girlishnesses)

1. The quality of being girlish.
2. Girlish behaviour.

Coordinate terms

• boyishness

Translations

quality of being girlish

• German: Mädchenhaftigkeit (de) f, mädchenhaftes Aussehen n, mädchenhaftes Wesen n
• Polish: babskość f, babstwo n

girlish behaviour