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