Etymograph

English

girltwink

From girl + twink.

A compound of girl + twink

Middle English gerle ‘young person’

English girl

Proto-Germanic *twint- ‘to twinkle’

Proto-Germanic *twinkōną

Proto-West Germanic *twinkōn

Old English *twincian ‘to wink’

Middle English twinken

English twink

Today it means

noun A feminine girl/woman exhibiting qualities of a twink.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / girltwink