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Where does “midją” come from?

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

midją (Proto-Germanic): middle

Definitions

  1. middle

Ancestry of “midją”, step by step

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

Words derived from “midją”

  • mitten
  • mittened
  • unmittened
  • mittenless
  • bemittened
  • mittenlike
  • Vormittag
  • Mittagssonne
  • Stadtmitte
  • Mittagspause
  • Mittagessen
  • Mitte
  • Satzmitte
  • mittäglich
  • Mittag
  • Nachmittag
  • Jahrhundertmitte
  • midte
  • midte
  • myten
  • mitaine
  • miotóg
  • vallarmiðja
  • miðjumaður
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