Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/magaþukīn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From *magaþ +‎ *-ukīn.

Noun edit

*magaþukīn n

young girl
maiden

Inflection edit

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*magaþukīn
Genitive	*magaþukīnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*magaþukīn	*magaþukīnu
Accusative	*magaþukīn	*magaþukīnu
Genitive	*magaþukīnas	*magaþukīnō
Dative	*magaþukīnē	*magaþukīnum
Instrumental	*magaþukīnu	*magaþukīnum

Descendants edit

Old Saxon: *magathikīn
- Middle English: mēgedeken, megedekīn, megediken, megdiken, metgen, megeken
  - German Low German: Mäken (Altmark, Freilingen, Lippe), Meken (Brilon, Lippe), Meäken (Dortmund, Niedersfeld), Miaken (Olpe, Ravensberg), Mache, Mäche, Mächen (Prussia), Miäken (Sauerländ), Mägen (Wedemark), Meädchen (Wenden)
  - Plautdietsch: Mäke
Old Dutch: *magithikīn
- Middle Dutch: meiskijn, meskijn, maagdekijn, maagdeken
  - Dutch: meisje, maagdje, meisken, meisie, meissie
Old High German: *magadihhīn
- Middle High German: magedichīn, meidichīn
  - German: Mädchen, Mägdchen