Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/midjagardaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *midjaz (“middle”) +‎ *gardaz (“yard, enclosure”).

Noun

*midjagardaz m

middle-earth
middle enclosure

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *midjagardaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*midjagardaz	midjagardōz, midjagardōs
vocative	*midjagard	midjagardōz, midjagardōs
accusative	*midjagardą	*midjagardanz
genitive	midjagardas, midjagardis	*midjagardǫ̂
dative	*midjagardai	*midjagardamaz
instrumental	*midjagardō	*midjagardamiz

Descendants

Old English: middangeard, Middangeard
- Middle English: middellærd, middelerde
  - English: Middle Earth (via reconstruction through folk etymology);
Old Saxon: middilgard, Middilgard
Old High German: mittilgart, mittangart, Mittilagart, Mittingard
Old Norse: miðgarðr, Miðgarðr
- Icelandic: Miðgarður
- Faroese: Miðgarður
- Norwegian: Midgård
- Swedish: Midgård
- Danish: Midgård
- → English: Midgard
Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (midjungards)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.