Meitli

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Maitli

Etymology

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

Noun

Meitli n

1. (Uri) girl

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 28.