Where does “Milchmädchenrechnung” come from?

Milchmädchenrechnung (German) comes from German Milchmädchen, from German Mädchen, from German Magd, 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.

Milchmädchenrechnung (German): naive calculation, counting the chickens before...

Definitions

  1. naive calculation, counting the chickens before...

Ancestry of “Milchmädchenrechnung”, step by step

Milchmädchenrechnung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Milchmädchen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMilchmädchenmilkmaid
2GermanMädchengirl; maiden
3GermanMagdmaid; female servant, especially on a farm; girl;...
4Middle High Germanmagetvirgin
5Old High Germanmagadmaiden
6Proto-West Germanicmagaþgirl
7Proto-Germanicmagaþsmaiden, girl; virgin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmogʰusboy; young person; boy-servant?; young person

via German Rechnung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRechnungbill, restaurant bill; a reckoning, calculation;...
2Germanrechnento count, reckon, calculate, compute; to expect
3Middle High Germanrechenen
4Old High Germanrehhanōn
5Proto-Germanicrekanōnąto count; to explain
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mogʰusEvery word from Proto-Germanic magaþsEvery word from Proto-West Germanic magaþ