Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/meďu

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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

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Etymology

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Fossilized from the locative dual of *meďa (border; boundary); literally, "in the (two) borders".

Preposition

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*meďu

  1. between, among [with instrumental]
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Descendants

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West Slavic languages continue *meďi instead.

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ме́жду”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress