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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/midlōną

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

Etymology

From *midlą (“middle”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmið.lɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*midlōną

  1. to join in the middle, to meet in between
  2. to split in the middle, split in halves
  3. to mediate

Inflection
Conjugation of *midlōną (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *midlō*midlǭ—*midlōi ?
2nd singular *midlōsi*midlōs*midlō*midlōsai*midlōsau
3rd singular *midlōþi*midlō*midlōþau*midlōþai*midlōþau
1st dual *midlōs*midlōw———
2nd dual *midlōþiz*midlōþiz*midlōþiz——
1st plural *midlōmaz*midlōm—*midlōnþai*midlōnþau
2nd plural *midlōþ*midlōþ*midlōþ*midlōnþai*midlōnþau
3rd plural *midlōnþi*midlōn*midlōnþau*midlōnþai*midlōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *midlōdǭ*midlōdēdį̄
2nd singular *midlōdēz*midlōdēdīz
3rd singular *midlōdē*midlōdēdī
1st dual *midlōdēdū*midlōdēdīw
2nd dual *midlōdēdudiz*midlōdēdīdiz
1st plural *midlōdēdum*midlōdēdīm
2nd plural *midlōdēdud*midlōdēdīd
3rd plural *midlōdēdun*midlōdēdīn
present past
participles *midlōndz*midlōdaz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *midlōn
    • Old English: midlian
      • Middle English: middlen
    • Old Frisian: *middelia
      • Saterland Frisian: middelje
      • West Frisian: middelje
    • Old Saxon: *middilōn
      • Middle Low German: middelen
        • German Low German: middeln
    • Old Dutch: *middilon
    • Old High German: *mittilōn
      • Middle High German: mitteln, mittelen
        • German: mitteln
      • ⇒? Old High German: mittilodōn
  • Old Norse: miðla
    • Icelandic: miðla
    • Norwegian:
      Norwegian Bokmål: midle
      Norwegian Nynorsk: midle, midla
    • Swedish: medla

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*međlōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 265
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