Where does “thereamidst” come from?

thereamidst (English) comes from English there, from Old English þær, from Proto-West Germanic þār, from Proto-Germanic þar, from Proto-Indo-European tar-, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

thereamidst (English): Amidst those: amidst them

Definitions

  1. Amidst those: amidst them

Ancestry of “thereamidst”, step by step

thereamidst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English there

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthereIn a place or location at some distance from the...
2Old Englishþærthere
3Proto-West Germanicþārthere
4Proto-Germanicþarthere, in that place
5Proto-Indo-Europeantar-there
6Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
7Proto-Indo-Europeanthis; that

via English amidst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishamidstIn the midst or middle of; surrounded or...
2Englishamids
3EnglishamidSurrounded by; in the middle of; in the center of
4Middle Englishamidde
5Old Englishon middanin the middle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European
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