Where does “magt” come from?

magt (Middle High German) comes 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.

Ancestry of “magt”, step by step

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

Words derived from “magt”

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