Where does “midd” come from?

midd (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic midją, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

midd (Old English): middle

Definitions

  1. middle

Ancestry of “midd”, step by step

midd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic midją

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmidjąmiddle
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with

via Proto-West Germanic midi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicmidiwith, by, through; along, together; middle, mid
2Proto-Germanicmidiwith, by, through; along, together
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeth₂with
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméin the middle of, near, by, around, with

Words derived from “midd”

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