Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/medumô

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From the root of *midjaz (“middle”) +‎ *-umô. Compare Sanskrit मध्यम (madhyama, “middlemost”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.ðu.mɔːː/

Adjective

*medumô

1. (West Germanic) middle, midmost

Inflection

Declension of *medumô (an/īn-stem)

Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*medumô	*medumaniz	*medumį̄	*medumīniz	*medumô	*medumōnō
Accusative	*medumanų	*medumanunz	*medumīnų	*medumīnunz	*medumô	*medumōnō
Genitive	*meduminiz	*medumanǫ̂	*medumīniz	*medumīnǫ̂	*meduminiz	*medumanǫ̂
Dative	*medumini	*medumammaz	*medumīni	*medumīmaz	*medumini	*medumammaz
Instrumental	*meduminē	*medumammiz	*medumīnē	*medumīmiz	*meduminē	*medumammiz

Derived terms

• *medumō
• *medumōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *medumō
  • Old English: medume, medeme, meodume
    • Middle English: medeme
    • ⇒ English: midmost (from the superlative)
  • Old High German: metemo

References

• Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN