middangeard
Old English
noun
Definitions
- the Earth, the world, (especially) Midgard, Middle Earth, the Earth in traditional Germanic cosmology, conceived as a central realm between (Christianity) heaven or (pagan) Asgard and hell or Niflheim
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *midjagardaz (Middle Earth, middle-earth, middle enclosure) derived from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (middle, between, in the middle, in-between).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*médʰyos
Gloss
middle, between, in the middle, in-between
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
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Kanji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Media English
- Messapii Latin
- medianus Latin
- medius Latin
- Midgard Spanish, Castilian
- Μεσσάπιος Ancient Greek
- *-teh₂ts Proto-Indo-European
- *médʰyos Proto-Indo-European
- Midgard Portuguese
- *midjagardaz Proto-Germanic
- *midjaz Proto-Germanic
- middaneard Old English
- middanġeard Old English
- मध्य Sanskrit
- माध्यम Sanskrit
- Miðgarðr Old Norse
- Midgård Danish
- *meďu Proto-Slavic
- Miðgarður Icelandic
- بیشه Persian
- Miðgarður Faroese
- 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 Gothic
- *medyos Proto-Celtic
- *mádʰyas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- middilgard Old Saxon
- *meðios Proto-Italic
- میدان Urdu
- mdyʾn' Middle Persian
- *medjas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *métsos Proto-Hellenic