Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/midjagardaz
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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 *midjaz (“middle”) + *gardaz (“yard, enclosure”).
Noun
*midjagardaz m
- The world
- (Germanic cosmology) Middle Earth
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *midjagardaz | *midjagardōz, *midjagardōs |
| vocative | *midjagard | *midjagardōz, *midjagardōs |
| accusative | *midjagardą | *midjagardanz |
| genitive | *midjagardas, *midjagardis | *midjagardǫ̂ |
| dative | *midjagardai | *midjagardamaz |
| instrumental | *midjagardō | *midjagardamiz |
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
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (midjungards)