Where does “midden” come from?

midden (Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic midjaz, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

midden (Dutch): in the middle

Definitions

  1. in the middle

Ancestry of “midden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmidjazmiddle, mid
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with

Words derived from “midden”

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