Where does “mæġeþ” come from?

mæġeþ (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic magaþ, from Proto-Germanic magaþs, from Proto-Indo-European mogʰus — boy; young person; boy-servant?; young person.

mæġeþ (Old English): maiden, virgin, girl, woman, wife

Definitions

  1. maiden, virgin, girl, woman, wife

Ancestry of “mæġeþ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mæġeþ”

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