Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/meðjos

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”).^[1]

Adjective

*meðjos (comparative *meðjōs, superlative *meðjogisəmos)

middle

Declension

Declension of *meðjos (o/ā-stem)
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*meðjos	*meðjā	*meðjom
vocative	*meðje	*meðja	*meðjom
accusative	*meðjom	*meðjam	*meðjom
genitive	*meðjosjo, meðjī	*meðjās	*meðjosjo, meðjī
dative	*meðjōi	*meðjāi	*meðjōi
ablative	*meðjōd	*meðjād	*meðjōd
locative	*meðjei	*meðjāi	*meðjei

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*meðjōs, meðjoi	*meðjās	*meðjā
vocative	*meðjōs, meðjoi	*meðjās	*meðjā
accusative	*meðjons	*meðjans	*meðjā
genitive	*meðjom	*meðjāzōm	*meðjom
dative	*meðjois	*meðjais	*meðjois
ablative	*meðjois	*meðjais	*meðjois
locative	*meðjois	*meðjais	*meðjois

Descendants

Latin: medius (see there for further descendants)
Oscan: 𐌌𐌄𐌚𐌉𐌀𐌝 (mefiaí), 𐌌𐌄𐌚𐌉𐌞 (mefiú)
South Picene: 𐌌𐌄𐌚𐌉𐌝𐌍 (mefiín), (perhaps) 𐌌𐌄𐌚𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌖𐌝 (mefistruí)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “medius”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 369

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “medius”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 369

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