Thread:User talk:Rua/Derivation of Maid, Maidli, Meydli/reply (2)

Yes, I was wrong I thought also "maid" means somehow "girl". However this is true only for the Alemannic words Maydli, Meydli or Meydschi were the meaning is effectively little girl (= magadīn). I have now learned that the sense of a word is in that context here not the relevant point, the genetic relationship is what really matters.

magaþ => maiden, meiden => maid (young women)

magaþ => magad => maget => Maidli, Maydli, Meydli, Meydschi (girl, young girl)

And by the way, the page for German word "Maid" could be regarding this aspect improved. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maid

The same is true also for the the High German word "Mädchen" (which is effectively derived from magadīn). Also this page could be in this aspect somewhat improved.

magadīn => magedin => Mädchen

Thanks and regards