Old Norse edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Germanic *midjaz (middle, mid), from Proto-Indo-European *medʰyo- (middle). Cognate with Old English midd, Old Frisian midde, Old Saxon middi, Old High German mitti, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌹𐍃 (midjis).

Adjective edit

miðr (not comparable)

  1. middle
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Icelandic: miður
  • Faroese: miður
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mid
  • Old Swedish: miþer

Etymology 2 edit

From earlier minnr, by a regular sound change -nnr- > -ðr-, also observed e.g. in maðr, suðr, syðri, Guðrún (< *Gunnrún). Cognate with Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (mins), Latin minus, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (small, little).

Alternative forms edit

Adverb edit

miðr

  1. comparative degree of lítt