Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/midi
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *midi.
Preposition
[edit]*midi
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: mid, miþ, mit
- Old Frisian: mith, mit, mei, mithi, mithe, methe
- Old Saxon: mid, midi, mit, met
- Old Dutch: mit, bit
- Old High German: mit, miti
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *midjaz.
Adjective
[edit]*midi[1]
Inflection
[edit]| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *midi | ||
| Genitive | *middjas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *midi | *middju | *midi |
| Accusative | *middjanā | *middjā | *midi |
| Genitive | *middjas | *middjeʀā | *middjas |
| Dative | *middjumē | *middjeʀē | *middjumē |
| Instrumental | *middju | *middjeʀu | *middju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *middjē | *middjō | *middju |
| Accusative | *middjā | *middjā | *middju |
| Genitive | *middjeʀō | *middjeʀō | *middjeʀō |
| Dative | *middjēm, *middjum | *middjēm, *middjum | *middjēm, *middjum |
| Instrumental | *middjēm, *middjum | *middjēm, *middjum | *middjēm, *middjum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: midd
- Old Frisian: midde
- West Frisian: mid-
- Old Saxon: middi
- Middle Low German: midde
- Old Dutch: *middi
- Old High German: mitti
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51: “PWGmc *midi”