Where does “middelbaer” come from?

middelbaer (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch middel, from Old Dutch middil, from Proto-Germanic midil-.

middelbaer (Middle Dutch): average, mediocre, in the middle

Definitions

  1. average, mediocre, in the middle

Ancestry of “middelbaer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmiddel—
2Old Dutchmiddil—
3Proto-Germanicmidil-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic midil- →Every word from Old Dutch middil →Every word from Middle Dutch middel →