Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/medumô

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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 the root of *midjaz (middle) +‎ *-umô. Compare Sanskrit मध्यम (madhyama, middlemost).

Pronunciation

Adjective

*medumô

  1. (West Germanic) middle, midmost

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *medumō
    • Old English: medume, medeme, meodume
      • Middle English: medeme
      • English: midmost (from the superlative)
    • Old High German: metemo

References

  • Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN