Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/midi

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 Proto-Indo-European *meth₂, from *me (“with”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “among, between, with”), Sanskrit स्मत् (smat, “together, at the same time”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ði/

Preposition

*midi

with, by, through
along, together

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *midi
- Old English: mid, miþ, mit
  - Middle English: mid
    - English: mid
- Old Frisian: mith, mit, mei, mithi, mithe, methe
  - North Frisian: mits
  - Saterland Frisian: mäd
  - West Frisian: mei
- Old Saxon: mid, midi, mit, met
  - Middle Low German: mēde, mid
    - Low German: mit, met
- Old Dutch: mit, mid, midi, bit (rare)
  - Middle Dutch: met
    - Dutch: met
    - Limburgish: mit
- Old High German: mit, miti
  - Middle High German: mite, mit
    - Bavarian: mit
    - Cimbrian: met
    - German: mit
    - Hunsrik: mit
    - Luxembourgish: mat
    - Vilamovian: myt
    - Yiddish: מיט (mit)
Old Norse: með
- Icelandic: með
- Faroese: með
- Norwegian Nynorsk: med
- Elfdalian: min
- Old Swedish: mæþ, mz
  - Swedish: med
- Danish: med
  - Norwegian Bokmål: med
Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌸 (miþ)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μέτα, μετά”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 936-7

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μέτα, μετά”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 936-7

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