mægþ
Old English
noun
Definitions
- girl; virgin, maiden, woman, wife
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (virgin, maid, maiden, girl) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mogʷʰótis (girl).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mogʷʰótis
Gloss
girl
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Magd German
- Mädchen German
- Mägdchen German
- Mägdlein German
- dienstmaagd Dutch, Flemish
- maagd Dutch, Flemish
- maagdelijk Dutch, Flemish
- maagdenpalm Dutch, Flemish
- maagdenvlies Dutch, Flemish
- *magh(u)-, *maghu- Proto-Indo-European
- *magʰ(u)- Proto-Indo-European
- *mogʷʰótis Proto-Indo-European
- *magaþs Proto-Germanic
- mayde Middle English
- māget Middle Dutch
- magad Old High German
- maget Middle High German
- Mod Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- מויד Yiddish
- *magaþ gmw-pro
- *magath Old Dutch
- *megith Old Dutch
- magith Old Dutch