Where does “līdzskanis” come from?

līdzskanis (Latvian) comes from German Mitlaut, from German mit-, from German mit, from Middle High German mite, from Old High German mit, from Proto-West Germanic midi, from Proto-Germanic midi, from Proto-Indo-European meth₂ — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

līdzskanis (Latvian): consonant language sound pronounced with some kind of obstruction in the vocal tract

Definitions

  1. consonant language sound pronounced with some kind of obstruction in the vocal tract

Ancestry of “līdzskanis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMitlautconsonant
2Germanmit-a prefix of nearly unlimited productivity,...
3Germanmitwith; with, by; at
4Middle High Germanmite—
5Old High Germanmitwith
6Proto-West Germanicmidiwith, by, through; along, together; middle, mid
7Proto-Germanicmidiwith, by, through; along, together
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeth₂with
9Proto-Indo-Europeanméin the middle of, near, by, around, with
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mé →Every word from Proto-Indo-European meth₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic midi →