Magd
German (Berlin)
/maːkt/, /maːxt/
noun
Definitions
- maid; female servant, especially on a farm
- (archaic) girl; virgin; young woman
- (informal) prostitute
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German maget inherited from Old High German magad inherited from *magaþ inherited from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (virgin, maid, maiden, girl) derived from Proto-Indo-European *magh(u)-, *maghu- (young person).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*magh(u)-, *maghu-
Gloss
young person
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Kammermädchen German
- Kindermädchen German
- Kopftuchmädchen German
- Milchmädchen German
- Mädchen German
- Mägdchen German
- Mägdlein German
- Zimmermädchen German
- mädchenhaft German
- *magh(u)-, *maghu- Proto-Indo-European
- *magʰ(u)- Proto-Indo-European
- *mogʷʰótis Proto-Indo-European
- *magaþs Proto-Germanic
- mægþ Old English
- mæġden Old English
- mayde Middle English
- magad Old High German
- maget Middle High German
- Meedchen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Mod Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- מויד Yiddish
- *magaþ gmw-pro
- *magath Old Dutch
- *megith Old Dutch
- magith Old Dutch