Where does “Meddelpunkt” come from?
Meddelpunkt (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Meddel, 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-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.
Meddelpunkt (Plautdietsch): middle point, center
Definitions
- middle point, center
Ancestry of “Meddelpunkt”, step by step
Meddelpunkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Meddel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Meddel | medicine |
| 2 | Middle Low German | middel | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | middil | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | midlą | middle |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | midjō | middle, midst |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |
via Plautdietsch Punkt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Punkt | dot, point, jot |
| 2 | Middle Low German | punct | — |
| 3 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 4 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |