Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/midjagardaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *midjaz (“middle”) +‎ *gardaz (“yard, enclosure”).

Noun

*midjagardaz m

1. The world
2. (Germanic cosmology) Middle Earth

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *midjagardaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*midjagardaz	*midjagardōz, *midjagardōs
vocative	*midjagard	*midjagardōz, *midjagardōs
accusative	*midjagardą	*midjagardanz
genitive	*midjagardas, *midjagardis	*midjagardǫ̂
dative	*midjagardai	*midjagardamaz
instrumental	*midjagardō	*midjagardamiz

Derived terms

• *Midjagardas wīhawarjaz

Descendants

• ⇒ Old English: middanġeard, middaneard, myddanġeard
  • Middle English: middenerd, middæneard, middeneard, middenerde, middenard
  • Middle English: myddyl erthe, middel-erde (in part)
    • English: Middle Earth
• ⇒ Old Saxon: middilgard
• ⇒ Old High German: mittilgart, mittigart, mittilagart, mittangart, mittingart, mittingard, mittilicart
• Old Norse: Miðgarðr
  • Icelandic: Miðgarður
  • Faroese: Miðgarður
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Midgard
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Midgard
  • Swedish: Midgård
  • Danish: Midgård
    • Norwegian Bokmål: Midgård
  • → English: Midgard
• ⇒ Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (midjungards)