Where does “midwinterhoorn” come from?
midwinterhoorn (Dutch) comes from Dutch midwinter, from Middle Dutch middewinter, from Middle Dutch midde, from Old Dutch middi, 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.
midwinterhoorn (Dutch): midwinter horn, a type of wooden trumpet blown around midwinter in certain areas of the eastern Netherlands and the adjacent parts of Germany
Definitions
- midwinter horn, a type of wooden trumpet blown around midwinter in certain areas of the eastern Netherlands and the adjacent parts of Germany
Ancestry of “midwinterhoorn”, step by step
midwinterhoorn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch midwinter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | midwinter | midwinter |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | middewinter | midwinter; winter solstice |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | midde | middle, in the middle |
| 4 | Old Dutch | middi | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | midjaz | middle, mid |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |