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English word maiden comes from Proto-Indo-European *mogʷʰótis, Proto-Indo-European *maghu-, Proto-Indo-European *magʰ(u)-, and later Proto-Germanic *magaþs (Maiden, girl. Virgin.)

*mogʷʰótis (Proto-Indo-European)

girl

*maghu- (Proto-Indo-European)

fellow, bachelor, unmarried, fellow, bachelor

*magʰ(u)- (Proto-Indo-European)

*mogʷʰotīnom (Proto-Indo-European)

*magadīną (Proto-Germanic)

*magaþs (Proto-Germanic)

Maiden, girl. Virgin.

mæġeþ (Old English)

mæġden (Old English)

meiden (Middle English)

maiden (English)

(cricket) Being an over in which no runs are scored.. (figuratively) Being a first occurrence or event.. (of a female, human or animal) Without offspring.. (of a fortress) Never having been captured or violated.. (of a tree) Grown from seed and never pruned. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.. Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.. Virgin. (Wicca). (cricket) A [...]

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