*midi

Runic: ᛗᛁᛞᛁ Pronunciation: /ˈmi.ði/

preposition

Meanings

with, by, through
along, together

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meth₂, from *me (‘with’). Cognate with Ancient Greek μετά (metá) (metá, ‘among, between, with’), Sanskrit स्मत् (smat) (smat, ‘together, at the same time’).

Descendants

*midi (Proto-West Germanic)
- mit, mid, midi, bit (Old Dutch)
  - met (Middle Dutch)
    - met (Dutch)
    - mit (Limburgish)
*midi (Proto-West Germanic)
- mid, miþ, mit (Old English)
  - mid (Middle English)
    - mid (English)
*midi (Proto-West Germanic)
- mith, mit, mei, mithi, mithe, methe (Old Frisian)
  - mits (North Frisian)
  - mäd (Saterland Frisian)
  - mei (West Frisian)
*midi (Proto-West Germanic)
- mit, miti (Old High German)
  - mite, mit (Middle High German)
    - mit (Bavarian)
    - met (Cimbrian)
    - mit (German)
    - mit (Hunsrik)
    - mat (Luxembourgish)
    - myt (Vilamovian)
    - מיט (mit) (Yiddish)
*midi (Proto-West Germanic)
- mid, midi, mit, met (Old Saxon)
  - mēde, mid (Middle Low German)
    - mit, met (Low German)
með (Old Norse)
- min (Elfdalian)
- með (Faroese)
- með (Icelandic)
- med (Norwegian Nynorsk)
með (Old Norse)
- med (Danish)
  - med (Norwegian Bokmål)
með (Old Norse)
- mæþ, mz (Old Swedish)
  - med (Swedish)
𐌼𐌹𐌸 (miþ) (Gothic)

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