Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/midjagardaz
Appearance
Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *midjaz (“middle”) + *gardaz (“yard, enclosure”).
Noun
[edit]*midjagardaz m
- The world
- (Germanic cosmology) Middle Earth
Inflection
[edit]masculine a-stemDeclension of *midjagardaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ 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
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (midjungards)