Where does “mægden” come from?

mægden (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic magadīn, from Proto-West Germanic -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

mægden (Old English): girl; virgin, young unmarried woman

Definitions

  1. girl; virgin, young unmarried woman

Ancestry of “mægden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicmagadīnlittle girl
2Proto-West Germanic-īnCreates adjectives from nouns with the sense...
3Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
4Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
5Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “mægden”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -īn →