Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/midlą

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *midjalą, *medlą, *medalą

Etymology

From *midjō +‎ *-ilą; see *midjaz (“middle”) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmið.lɑ̃/

Noun

*midlą n

1. middle

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *midlą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*midlą	*midlō
vocative	*midlą	*midlō
accusative	*midlą	*midlō
genitive	*midlas, *midlis	*midlǫ̂
dative	*midlai	*midlamaz
instrumental	*midlō	*midlamiz

Related terms

• *midlōną

Related terms

• *midjaz

Descendants

• Old English: middel
  • Middle English: middel, medil
    • Scots: middil, midle
    • English: middle
• Old Frisian: middel
  • Saterland Frisian: Middel
  • West Frisian: middel, mil, mul
• Old Saxon: middil
  • Middle Low German: middel
    • Low German: Middel
    • → Old Swedish: midhel (Also under influence from its inherited form)
      • Swedish: medel
    • → Norwegian:
      • Norwegian Bokmål: middel
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: middel
    • → Old Danish: middel
      • Danish: middel
• Old Dutch: middil
  • Middle Dutch: middel
    • Dutch: middel
• Old High German: mittil; metal (in compounds)
  • Middle High German: mittel
    • German: Mittel
    • Luxembourgish: Mëttel
    • Vilamovian: mytuł
    • Yiddish: מיטל (mitl)
• Old Norse: meðal
  • Icelandic: meðal
  • Norwegian: middel (possibly from Low German)
  • Old Swedish: medhel-, midhal-
    • Swedish: medel- (Also under influence from Middle Low German)
  • Danish: middel- (possibly from Low German)