Meitli

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German meidelīn, from mait (“girl, maid”) + -līn (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

Meitli n

  1. (Uri) girl

References
  • “Meitli” in 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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