Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/medumô

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 the root of *midjaz (“middle”) +‎ *-umô. Compare Sanskrit मध्यम (madhyama, “middlemost”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈme.ðu.mɔːː/

Adjective

*medumô

  1. (West Germanic) middle, midmost

Inflection

Declension of *medumô (an/īn-stem)
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *medumô *medumį̄ *medumô *medumaniz *medumīniz *medumōnō
accusative *medumanų *medumīnų *medumô *medumanunz *medumīnunz *medumōnō
genitive *meduminiz *medumīniz *meduminiz *medumanǫ̂ *medumīnǫ̂ *medumanǫ̂
dative *medumini *medumīni *medumini *medumammaz *medumīmaz *medumammaz
instrumental *meduminē *medumīnē *meduminē *medumammiz *medumīmiz *medumammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *medumō
    • Old English: medume, medeme, meodume
      • Middle English: medeme
      • ⇒ English: midmost (from the superlative)
    • Old High German: metemo

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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