Where does “medan” come from?

medan (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse meðan, from Proto-Germanic medanō — meanwhile, as long as.

medan (Norwegian Nynorsk): while

Definitions

  1. while

Ancestry of “medan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemeðanmeanwhile, as long as, while, whilst
2Proto-Germanicmedanōmeanwhile, as long as

Words derived from “medan”

Every word from Proto-Germanic medanō →Every word from Old Norse meðan →