Germanic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Germanic: *magu-z, *ma(g)wī, *ma(g)wi-z, *ma(g)wiō; *ma(g)wilōn; *magaɵi-z, *magiɵi-z

Meaning: child, boy, girl

Gothic: magu-s m. (u) `child, boy'; mawi f. (jō) `child, girl'; mawilō `kleines Mädchen'; magaɵ-s (-ɵ-) f. (i) `meiden, girl'

Old Norse: mɔg-r m. `Sohn, Knabe', Run. Norw acc. sg. magu; mǟr, gen. meyjar f. `Mädchen'; mey f. `Mädchen'; meyla f. `kleines Madchen'

Norwegian: möy `Mädchen'

Old Swedish: Run. dat. sg. mAgiu

Swedish: mö `Mädchen'

Danish: mö `Mädchen'

Old English: magu, -a m. `child, son; young person, servant; young, strong man, man'; mēowle, -an f. `maid, damsel, virgin, woman'; { mäg, mägɵ, mägeɵ, mägden }

English: maid(en)

Old Frisian: megith, OWFris maged

Old Saxon: magu `Knabe'; magath

Middle Dutch: māghet, maecht, mēget, meecht `maagd; ongehuwd jonkman'

Dutch: maagd f.

Middle Low German: māget

Old High German: magad `Mädchen, Jungfrau' (8.Jh.)

Middle High German: maget, magt, mait, meit st. f. 'jungfrau; die jungfrau im tierkreise; die weibl. scham der jungfrau; unfreies mädchen, dienerin, magd'

German: Magd f., Maid

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *maghu-

Meaning: fellow, unmarried

Avestan: maɣava- 'unverheiratet'

Germanic: *magu- c., *ma(g)w-ī(n-), *ma(g)w-i- f., *ma(g)w-iō f.; *ma(g)w-il-ōn- f.; *mag-aɵ-i-, *mag-iɵ-i- f.

Celtic: *magu-s > Gaul Magu-rix; OIr (ogam.) magu `Sklave', OIr maug, mug `Sklave', mām, māam `jugum, servitum'; Cymr meu-dwy `Einsiedler' < `Diener Gottes'; Corn maw `Jüngling, Diener', mowes `Mädchen', Bret mao `Jüngling,Diener', maouez `Frau'

Russ. meaning: неженатый холостой

References: WP II 228

Pokorny's dictionary :

Number: 1207

Root: maghos, -ā

English meaning: young

German meaning: `jung'

Derivatives: maghu- `Knabe, Jüngling, unverheiratet' und zugehörige Fem.-Bildungen, wie magho-ti- `junge Weiblichkeit'

Material: Av. maɣava- `unverheiratet';

alb. makth `junger Hase';

kelt. *magus in gall. PN Magu-rīx, urir. (Ogam) Maguno-, air. maug, mug `Sklave'; corn. maw, bret. mao `Jüngling, Diener', cymr. meu-dwy `Einsiedler' (eig. `Diener Gottes'); Fem. corn. mowes `Mädchen', bret. maouez `Frau'; kelt. -smo- Ableitung in air. mām, māam(m) `jugum, servitus'; Abstraktum kelt. *magot-aktā `Jungfernschaft, junge Weiblichkeit' (weitergebildet aus*maghotis = got. magaþe, woraus kelt. *makʷkʷot-aktā durch Kontamination mit makʷkʷo- `Kind') in mir. ingen maccdacht `junges erwachsenes Mädchen', air. ro-macdact gl. `superadulta', mcymr.machteith, acorn. mahtheid `virgo', mcorn. maghteth, maghtyth ds., bret. matez `Dienstmädchen'; Koseform *maggu̯os in gall. Mapo-no-s GN, acymr. map, ncymr. mab `Sohn'; doppelte Verschärfungin urir. maqqas, air. macc, nir. mac `Sohn';

got. magus `Knabe', aisl. mǫgr `Sohn, junger Mann', as. magu `Knabe', ags. mago `Sohn, Mann, Diener'; Fem. *ma(ɣ)wī in got. mawi `Mädchen' (Gen. maujōs), aisl. mǣr (Akk. mey) `Mädchen', Demin. got. mawilō, aisl. meyla, ags. mēowle `kleines Mädchen'; Abstraktum *maghotis `junge Weiblichkeit', woraus konkret `Mädchen', in got. magaþs `junge Frau', ags. mægeþ (engl. maid), as. magath, ahd. magad, nhd. Magd, Demin. Mädchen;

lett. mač (aus maǵš) `klein'.

References: WP. II 228, Feist ³339.

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