It does mean witch in galician (probably in portuguese as well). Kind of a soft witch, and not an evil one. Galicia had, until recently, quite colorful magical traditions.
Just ran the camino de santiago this september and went through Galacia. I can't believe these are so cheep, would love to have property here -- absolutely beautiful country and people!
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[ 81.3 ms ] story [ 250 ms ] threadMeiga does not mean "witch or wise woman", it refers to a "soft" or "sweet" woman.
Perhaps there was confusion with that word and "maga", which does mean "witch" or "wise woman"? They sound very similar when spoken
Your etymology seems plausible.