Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/magadīn

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 *magaþ +‎ *-īn.

Noun

*magadīn n^[1]

young girl

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*magadīn
Genitive	*magadīnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*magadīn	*magadīnu
Accusative	*magadīn	*magadīnu
Genitive	*magadīnas	*magadīnō
Dative	*magadīnē	*magadīnum
Instrumental	*magadīnu	*magadīnum

Descendants

Old English: mæġden, mǣden
- Middle English: mayden, maiden, maidene, medene, maden, madane, mædene, mæidene, maȝden, meidene (Early Middle English)
  - English: maiden
  - Scots: maidin
  - Yola: mydhen
- → Middle Irish: maigden (see there for further descendants)
Old Frisian: meiden
- Saterland Frisian: Maiden
Old Saxon: *magathīn
- Middle Low German: mēgetīn
Old High German: magatīn
- Middle High German: magetīn, megetīn
  - 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 254: “PWGmc *magadīn”

[DOE-1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 254: “PWGmc *magadīn”

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