The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix I
Indo-European Roots
ENTRY:
maghu-
DEFINITION:
Young person of either sex. Suffixed form *magho-ti-.a.maid, maiden, from Old English mægden, virgin; b.matjes herring, from Dutch maagd, maid. Both a and b from Germanic *magadi-, with diminutive *magadin-. (Pokorny maghos 696.)
