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Where does “midde” come from?

midde (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic midjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European medʰyo- — between; middle.

midde (Old English): the middle

Definitions

  1. the middle

Ancestry of “midde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmidjǭmiddle, center
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰyo-between; middle
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