Where does “Maid” come from?

Maid (German) comes from Middle High German mait, from Middle High German maget, from Old High German magad, from Proto-West Germanic magaþ, from Proto-Germanic magaþs, from Proto-Indo-European mogʰus — boy; young person; boy-servant?; young person.

Maid (German): maiden; virgin; girl

Definitions

  1. maiden; virgin; girl

Ancestry of “Maid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmaitgirl, maid
2Middle High Germanmagetvirgin
3Old High Germanmagadmaiden
4Proto-West Germanicmagaþgirl
5Proto-Germanicmagaþsmaiden, girl; virgin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmogʰusboy; young person; boy-servant?; young person

Words derived from “Maid”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mogʰus →Every word from Proto-Germanic magaþs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic magaþ →