needlewoman

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh1- Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh1tlom Proto-Germanic *nēþlą Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-Germanic *nēþlō Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu Old English nǣdl Middle English nedle English needle Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English womman English woman English needlewoman From needle + woman.

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Hungarian: varrónő — a woman who works with a needle
• Irish: bean fuála — a woman who works with a needle
• Irish: maintín — a woman who works with a needle
• Irish: fuálaí (mná) — a woman who works with a needle
• Irish: druinneach — a woman who works with a needle
• Irish: bean snáthaide — a woman who works with a needle
• Italian: cucitrice — a woman who works with a needle
• Polish: szwaczka — a woman who works with a needle
• Romanian: cusătoreasă — a woman who works with a needle
• Romanian: croitoreasă — a woman who works with a needle
• Russian: рукоде́льница (rukodélʹnica) — a woman who works with a needle