Where does “между” come from?
между (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic междоу, from Proto-Slavic meďu, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.
между (Russian): between, among
Ancestry of “между”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | междоу | between; among |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | meďu | between, among |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |