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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/médʰyos
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Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
Perhaps from *me-dʰi- (“with, among”), from *me (“with”).
Adjective
*médʰyos (non-ablauting)
- middle
Inflection
| Thematic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | ||
| nominative | *médʰyos | *médʰyeh₂ | |
| genitive | *médʰyosyo | *médʰyeh₂s | |
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *médʰyos | *médʰyoh₁ | *médʰyoes |
| vocative | *médʰye | *médʰyoh₁ | *médʰyoes |
| accusative | *médʰyom | *médʰyoh₁ | *médʰyoms |
| genitive | *médʰyosyo | *? | *médʰyooHom |
| ablative | *médʰyead | *? | *médʰyomos |
| dative | *médʰyoey | *? | *médʰyomos |
| locative | *médʰyey, *médʰyoy | *? | *médʰyoysu |
| instrumental | *médʰyoh₁ | *? | *médʰyōys |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *médʰyeh₂ | *médʰyeh₂h₁(e) | *médʰyeh₂es |
| vocative | *médʰyeh₂ | *médʰyeh₂h₁(e) | *médʰyeh₂es |
| accusative | *médʰyām | *médʰyeh₂h₁(e) | *médʰyeh₂m̥s |
| genitive | *médʰyeh₂s | *? | *médʰyeh₂oHom |
| ablative | *médʰyeh₂s | *? | *médʰyeh₂mos |
| dative | *médʰyeh₂ey | *? | *médʰyeh₂mos |
| locative | *médʰyeh₂, *médʰyeh₂i | *? | *médʰyeh₂su |
| instrumental | *médʰyeh₂h₁ | *? | *médʰyeh₂bʰi |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *médʰyom | *médʰyoy(h₁) | *médʰyeh₂ |
| vocative | *médʰyom | *médʰyoy(h₁) | *médʰyeh₂ |
| accusative | *médʰyom | *médʰyoy(h₁) | *médʰyeh₂ |
| genitive | *médʰyosyo | *? | *médʰyooHom |
| ablative | *médʰyead | *? | *médʰyomos |
| dative | *médʰyoey | *? | *médʰyomos |
| locative | *médʰyey, *médʰyoy | *? | *médʰyoysu |
| instrumental | *médʰyoh₁ | *? | *médʰyōys |
Descendants
- Albanian: *medži-
- Albanian: mes
- Armenian: *meiǰ- < *meidio-
- Old Armenian: մէջ (mēǰ)
- Armenian: մեջ (meǰ)
- Old Armenian: մէջ (mēǰ)
- Balto-Slavic: *medjas
- Lithuanian: mẽdis (“tree, wood”)
- Latvian: mežs (“forest”)
- Old Prussian: median
- Slavic: *meďa, *meďu (from dual loc.) (see there for further descendants)
- Celtic: *medyos (see there for further descendants)
- Germanic: *midjaz (see there for further descendants)
- Hellenic: *métsos (see there for further descendants)
- Illyrian: *metu
- Indo-Iranian: *mádʰyas (see there for further descendants)
- Italic: *meðios (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN