Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/midi

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 Proto-Indo-European *meth₂, from *me (“with”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “among, between, with”), Sanskrit स्मत् (smat, “together, at the same time”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.ði/

Preposition

*midi

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

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μέτα, μετά”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 936-7
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