Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/magaþ

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *magaþs[1].

Noun

*magaþ f[1]

girl
Synonyms: *gurwī, *mawilā

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

*magadīn

Descendants

Old English: mæġþ, mæġeþ
- Middle English: mæið, meið, maið, maȝþ
- ⇒ Old English: mæġden
  - Middle English: maiden, meiden, maydene, mayde, maide
    - English: maiden, maid
    - Scots: maidin, maid
Old Frisian: megith, megeth, mageth
- Saterland Frisian: Moagd, Maiden
- West Frisian: maegd; (> meide, meidzje)
Old Saxon: magath
- Middle Low German: māget, mait, meit, meyt
  - German Low German: Maid
Old Dutch: magith
- Middle Dutch: māget, meit
  - Dutch: maagd, meid
Old High German: magad
- Middle High German: maget, magt, mait
  - German: Magd, Maid
  - Luxembourgish: Mod
  - Yiddish: מויד‎ (moyd), מאַד‎ (mad)
  - ⇒ Middle High German: magedin
    - German: Mädchen

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148: “PGmc, PWGmc *magaþ-”

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[DOE-1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148: “PGmc, PWGmc *magaþ-”