Where does “middelhavsland” come from?

middelhavsland (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål Middelhavet, from Norwegian Bokmål middel-, from Middle Low German middel, from Old Saxon middil, from Proto-Germanic midlą, from Proto-Germanic midjō, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi- — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

middelhavsland (Norwegian Bokmål): a Mediterranean country country bordering onto the Mediterranean Sea

Definitions

  1. a Mediterranean country country bordering onto the Mediterranean Sea

Ancestry of “middelhavsland”, step by step

middelhavsland traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål Middelhavet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian BokmålMiddelhavetthe Mediterranean Sea the sea between Europe and Africa
2Norwegian Bokmålmiddel-middle, between; average
3Middle Low Germanmiddel—
4Old Saxonmiddil—
5Proto-Germanicmidląmiddle
6Proto-Germanicmidjōmiddle, midst
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with

via Norwegian Bokmål land

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmållandcountry; land; imperative of lande
2Old Norselandland
3Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins
Every word from Proto-Indo-European me →Every word from Proto-Indo-European medʰi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos →