מיידל

Yiddish

Etymology

From a diminutive of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German magad (“maiden”) (compare German Mädel), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *magaþs, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *magh(u)- (“young person”). Synchronically, מויד (moyd, “maiden, lass; maid”) +‎ ־ל (-l).

Noun

מיידל • (meydl) n, plural מיידלעך (meydlekh), diminutive מיידעלע (meydele)

1. girl

Derived terms

• מיידליש (meydlish, “maiden, girlish”, adj)

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