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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/midi
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *midi.
Preposition
*midi
- with, by, through [+instrumental]
Descendants
- Old English: mid, miþ, mit
- Middle English: mid
- English: mid
- Middle 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
- Middle Low German: mēde, mid
- Old Dutch: mit
- Middle Dutch: met
- Dutch: met
- Limburgish: mit
- Middle Dutch: met
- Old High German: mit, miti
- Middle High German: mite, mit
- Cimbrian: met
- German: mit
- Hunsrik: mit
- Luxembourgish: mat
- Vilamovian: myt
- Yiddish: מיט (mit)
- Middle High German: mite, mit
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *midi.
Adverb
*midi
- along, together
Descendants
- Old Dutch: mithi
- Middle Dutch: mēde
- Dutch: mede, mee
- Middle Dutch: mēde
Etymology 3
From Proto-Germanic *midjaz.
Adjective
*midi[1]
- middle, mid
Inflection
| 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
- Old English: midd
- Middle English: midde
- English: mid
- Middle English: midde
- Old Frisian: midde
- West Frisian: mid-
- Old Saxon: middi
- Middle Low German: midde
- Old Dutch: *middi
- Middle Dutch: mid-, midden (from the weak dative plural)
- Dutch: mid-, midden
- Middle Dutch: mid-, midden (from the weak dative plural)
- Old High German: mitti
- Middle High German: mitte
- German: Mitte (noun)
- Luxembourgish: Mëtt
- Middle High German: mitte
References
- 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”