Where does “Mittelgewichtlerin” come from?
Mittelgewichtlerin (German) comes from German Mittelgewichtler, from German Mittelgewicht, from English middleweight, from English middle, from Middle English myddel, from Old English middel, from Proto-West Germanic *midl, from Proto-Germanic midlą — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.
Ancestry of “Mittelgewichtlerin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Mittelgewichtler | middleweight person of that weight class |
| 2 | German | Mittelgewicht | middleweight |
| 3 | English | middleweight | A weight class in professional boxing between... |
| 4 | English | middle | A centre, midpoint; The part between the... |
| 5 | Middle English | myddel | The middle or centre of something |
| 6 | Old English | middel | middle |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *midl | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | midlą | middle |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | midjō | middle, midst |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |