Where does “medmenneske” come from?

medmenneske (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål med, from Danish med, from Old Norse með, from Proto-Germanic midi, from Proto-Indo-European meth₂, from Proto-Indo-European mé — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

medmenneske (Norwegian Bokmål): fellow man, fellow human being

Definitions

  1. fellow man, fellow human being

Ancestry of “medmenneske”, step by step

medmenneske traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål med

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmedwith; by; of
2Danishmedwith; by; including, counting
3Old Norsemeðwith, along with
4Proto-Germanicmidiwith, by, through; along, together
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeth₂with
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméin the middle of, near, by, around, with

via Norwegian Bokmål menneske

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmenneskehuman, human being, man, Homo sapiens; people
2Old Norsemanneskjahuman being
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mé →Every word from Proto-Indo-European meth₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic midi →