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

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*magaþ
Genitive	*magaþi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*magaþ	*magaþi
Accusative	*magaþu	*magaþi
Genitive	*magaþi	*magaþō
Dative	*magaþi	*magaþum
Instrumental	*magaþi	*magaþum

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)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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-”

[DOE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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-”

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