English
Maytide
From May + tide.
Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- ‘to be able’
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Proto-Germanic *maganą ‘to be able’
Proto-West Germanic *magan ‘to be able’
Old English magan ‘can’
Middle English magen
English May
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- ‘to share, divide’
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Proto-Germanic *tīdiz ‘time’
Proto-West Germanic *tīdi ‘time’
Old English tīd ‘time in general’
Middle English tyde ‘a time (period), season’
English tide
Today it means
name The spring month of May.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Maytide