Meitli
Alemannic German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German meidelīn, from mait (“girl, maid”) + -līn (“diminutive suffix”).
Noun
editMeitli n
References
edit- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 28.