Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/midlōn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *midlōną. Equivalent to *midl (“middle”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*midlōn

to join in the middle, to meet in between
to split in the middle, split in halves
to mediate

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*midlōn
1st sg. past	*midlōdā
Infinitive	*midlōn
Genitive infin.	*midlōnijas
Dative infin.	*midlōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*midlōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*midlō	*midlōdā
2nd singular	*midlōs	midlōdēs, midlōdōs
3rd singular	*midlōþ	midlōdē, midlōdā
1st plural	*midlōm	*midlōdum
2nd plural	*midlōþ	*midlōdud
3rd plural	*midlōnþ	*midlōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*midlō	*midlōdī
2nd singular	*midlōs	*midlōdī
3rd singular	*midlō	*midlōdī
1st plural	*midlōm	*midlōdīm
2nd plural	*midlōþ	*midlōdīd
3rd plural	*midlōn	*midlōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*midlō
Plural	*midlōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*midlōndī	*midlōd

Descendants

Old English: midlian
- Middle English: middlen
  - English: middle
  - ⇒ Scots: midling, midlin (adjective)
Old Frisian: *middelia
- Saterland Frisian: middelje
- West Frisian: middelje
Old Saxon: *middilōn
- Middle Low German: middelen
  - German Low German: middeln
Old Dutch: *middilon
- Middle Dutch: middelen
  - Dutch: middelen
- ⇒ Old Dutch: gimiddilon
Old High German: *mittilōn
- Middle High German: mitteln, mittelen
  - German: mitteln
- ⇒? Old High German: mittilodōn

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