Where does “mægþhad” come from?

mægþhad (Old English) comes from Old English -hād, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.

mægþhad (Old English): virginity; kinship, relationship

Definitions

  1. virginity; kinship, relationship

Ancestry of “mægþhad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-hād-hood
2Proto-West Germanic-haiduhood
3Proto-Germanichaiduzmanner, way; personality, character; appearance
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kayt-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haiduz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -haidu →