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 forms

*midjalą, *medlą, *medalą

Etymology

From *midjō +‎ *-ilą; see *midjaz (“middle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmið.lɑ̃/

Noun

*midlą n

middle

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension 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

Related terms

*midlōną

Related terms

*midjaz

Descendants

Old English: middel
- Middle English: middel, medil
  - Scots: middil, midle
  - English: middle
Old Frisian: middel
- Saterland Frisian: Middel
- West Frisian: middel, mil, mul
Old Saxon: middil
- Middle Low German: middel
  - Low German: Middel
  - → Old Swedish: midhel (Also under influence from its inherited form)
    - Swedish: medel
  - → Norwegian:
    - Norwegian Bokmål: middel
    - Norwegian Nynorsk: middel
  - → Old Danish: middel
    - Danish: middel
Old Dutch: middil
- Middle Dutch: middel
  - Dutch: middel
Old High German: mittil; metal (in compounds)
- Middle High German: mittel
  - German: Mittel
  - Luxembourgish: Mëttel
  - Vilamovian: mytuł
  - Yiddish: מיטל (mitl)
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)

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