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.

Noun

*magaþ f

1. girl

   Synonyms: *gurwī, *mawilā

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• *magadīn

Descendants

• Old English: mæġeþ, mæġþ
  • Middle English: mæið, meið, maið, maȝþ
    • English: maid
    • Scots: maid
• Old Frisian: megith, megeth, mageth
  • Saterland Frisian: Moagd
  • 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)