Where does “Middelseaxan” come from?

Middelseaxan (Old English) comes from Old English middel, from Proto-West Germanic *midl, from Proto-Germanic midlą, from Proto-Germanic midjō, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

Middelseaxan (Old English): the Middle Saxons

Definitions

  1. the Middle Saxons

Ancestry of “Middelseaxan”, step by step

Middelseaxan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English middel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmiddelmiddle
2Proto-West Germanic*midl—
3Proto-Germanicmidląmiddle
4Proto-Germanicmidjōmiddle, midst
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with

via Old English Seaxan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishSeaxanthe Saxons
2Proto-West Germanicsahsōa Saxon
3Proto-Germanicsahsô—

Words derived from “Middelseaxan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European me →Every word from Proto-Indo-European medʰi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos →