Where does “Lebensmittel” come from?

Lebensmittel (German) comes from German mittel, from Middle High German mittel, from Old High German mittil, from Proto-Germanic midlą, from Proto-Germanic midjō, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

Lebensmittel (German): any item or substance intended for human...

Definitions

  1. any item or substance intended for human...

Ancestry of “Lebensmittel”, step by step

Lebensmittel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German mittel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmittelmiddle, in the middle; average, middling
2Middle High Germanmittel—
3Old High Germanmittil—
4Proto-Germanicmidląmiddle
5Proto-Germanicmidjōmiddle, midst
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with

via German lebēn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlebēn—
2Middle High Germanlebento live
3Old High Germanlebēnto live; life
4Proto-West Germaniclibbjanto live, to be alive
5Proto-Germaniclibjanąto live, to be alive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyp-to stick; fat or sticky substance
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlēy-to leave, let; to want, desire; to let; leave...

Words derived from “Lebensmittel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European me →Every word from Proto-Indo-European medʰi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos →