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

Etymology

From *magaþ +‎ *-ukīn.

Noun

*magaþukīn n

1. young girl
2. maiden

Inflection

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

• Old Saxon: *magathikīn
  • Middle Low German: 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 (obsolete)