Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/midi

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *midi, 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”).

Preposition

*midi

2. with, by, through [with instrumental]
4. along, together

Descendants

• 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, bit
  • 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)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *midjaz.

Adjective

*midi

2. 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
• 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
• Old High German: mitti
  • Middle High German: mitte
    • Bavarian: Mittn
    • German: Mitte (noun)
    • Luxembourgish: Mëtt