Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/midlą

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *midjalą, *medlą, *medalą

Etymology

From *midjō +‎ *-ilą; see *midjaz (“middle”) for more.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmið.lɑ̃/

Noun

*midlą n

  1. middle

Inflection

Declension of *midlą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *midlą *midlō
vocative *midlą *midlō
accusative *midlą *midlō
genitive *midlas, *midlis *midlǫ̂
dative *midlai *midlamaz
instrumental *midlō *midlamiz

Descendants

  • Old English: middel
  • Old Frisian: middel
  • Old Saxon: middil
    • Middle Low German: middel
      • Low German: Middel
      • → Old Swedish: midhel (Also under influence from its inherited form)
      • → Norwegian:
      • → Old Danish: middel
  • Old Dutch: middil
  • Old High German: mittil; metal (in compounds)
  • Old Norse: meðal
    • Icelandic: meðal
    • Norwegian: middel (possibly from Low German)
    • Old Swedish: medhel-, midhal-
      • Swedish: medel- (Also under influence from Middle Low German)
    • Danish: middel- (possibly from Low German)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*međ(a)lan ~ *međilan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 264-5
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