Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/meďi

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Alternative forms

• *meďu (East and South Slavic)

Etymology

Fossilized from either the locative singular or accusative dual of *meďa (“border; boundary”). Compare *meďu which continues locative dual.

Preposition

*meďi

1. (North Slavic) between, among [with instrumental]

Related terms

• *meďa

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: межи (meži)
  • ⇒ Old Novgorodian: промежи (promeži)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: mezi
  • Kashubian: medzë, midzë
  • Old Polish: miedzy
    • Polish: między, miedzy, midzy, midz, mizdzy (Middle Polish)
    • Silesian: miyndzy
  • Old Slovak: medzi
    • Pannonian Rusyn: медзи (medzi)
    • Slovak: medzi
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: mjazy
    • Upper Sorbian: mjez, mjezy

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “mezi”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
• między in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN