Where does “mazmeita” come from?

mazmeita (Latvian) comes from Latvian meita, from Middle Low German meid — female servant.

mazmeita (Latvian): granddaughter

Definitions

  1. granddaughter

Ancestry of “mazmeita”, step by step

mazmeita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian meita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmeitadaughter; young, unmarried woman; female servant,...
2Middle Low Germanmeidfemale servant

via Latvian mazs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmazssmall, little; small, short; small, little, low
2Proto-Baltic*maźas—
Every word from Middle Low German meid →Every word from Latvian meita →