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Where does “mjazy” come from?

mjazy (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic meďu, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

mjazy (Lower Sorbian): between; inflection of mjaza: ## dative/locative...

Definitions

  1. between; inflection of mjaza: ## dative/locative...

Ancestry of “mjazy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmeďubetween, among
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with
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