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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)
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative *medumô *medumaniz *medumį̄ *medumīniz *medumô *medumōnō
Accusative *medumanų *medumanunz *medumīnų *medumīnunz *medumô *medumōnō
Genitive *meduminiz *medumanǫ̂ *medumīniz *medumīnǫ̂ *meduminiz *medumanǫ̂
Dative *medumini *medumammaz *medumīni *medumīmaz *medumini *medumammaz
Instrumental *meduminē *medumammiz *medumīnē *medumīmiz *meduminē *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), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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