meid
Dutch (Brabantic)
/mɛi̯t/
noun
Definitions
- girl, lass
- maid
- Commonly used as an address for female pets, especially female dogs.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch meit inherited from Old Dutch *megith inherited from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (virgin, maid, maiden, girl).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*magaþs
Gloss
virgin, maid, maiden, girl
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- meid English
- boer Dutch, Flemish
- boerenmeid Dutch, Flemish
- dienst Dutch, Flemish
- dienstmeid Dutch, Flemish
- mof Dutch, Flemish
- moffenmeid Dutch, Flemish
- stal Dutch, Flemish
- stalmeid Dutch, Flemish
- *magh(u)-, *maghu- Proto-Indo-European
- *magʰ(u)- Proto-Indo-European
- *mogʷʰótis Proto-Indo-European
- *magaþs Proto-Germanic
- mægþ Old English
- mayde Middle English
- meit Middle Dutch
- magad Old High German
- meid Afrikaans
- 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- *magaþ gmw-pro
- *magath Old Dutch
- *megith Old Dutch
- magith Old Dutch