Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/midjagardaz

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 *midjaz (“middle”) +‎ *gardaz (“yard, enclosure”).

Noun

*midjagardaz m

The world
(Germanic cosmology) Middle Earth

Inflection

Declension of *midjagardaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*midjagardaz	midjagardōz, midjagardōs
vocative	*midjagard	midjagardōz, midjagardōs
accusative	*midjagardą	*midjagardanz
genitive	midjagardas, midjagardis	*midjagardǫ̂
dative	*midjagardai	*midjagardamaz
instrumental	*midjagardō	*midjagardamiz

Descendants

⇒ Old English: middanġeard, middaneard, myddanġeard
- Middle English: middenerd, middæneard, middeneard, middenerde, middenard
- Middle English: myddyl erthe, middel-erde (in part)
  - English: Middle Earth
⇒ Old Saxon: middilgard
⇒ Old High German: mittilgart, mittigart, mittilagart, mittangart, mittingart, mittingard, mittilicart
Old Norse: Miðgarðr
- Icelandic: Miðgarður
- Faroese: Miðgarður
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Midgard
- Norwegian Bokmål: Midgard
- Swedish: Midgård
- Danish: Midgård
  - Norwegian Bokmål: Midgård
- → English: Midgard
⇒ Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (midjungards)