Where does “מיידליש” come from?

מיידליש (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish מיידל, from Yiddish מויד, from Middle High German maget, 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.

מיידליש (Yiddish): maiden, girlish

Definitions

  1. maiden, girlish

Ancestry of “מיידליש”, step by step

מיידליש traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish מיידל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishמיידלgirl
2Yiddishמוידmaiden, maid, lass; maid; termagant, virago,...
3Middle High Germanmagetvirgin
4Old High Germanmagadmaiden
5Proto-West Germanicmagaþgirl
6Proto-Germanicmagaþsmaiden, girl; virgin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmogʰusboy; young person; boy-servant?; young person

via Yiddish יש

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishישliquor, especially brandy or whisky; entity,...
2Hebrewיַיִןwine
3Hebrewשרףto burn; to use up, waste; seraph
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mogʰus →Every word from Proto-Germanic magaþs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic magaþ →