Middle Earth
English
proper noun
Definitions
- (archaic) The Earth, (chiefly) synonym for Midgard, the world of traditional Germanic cosmology, conceived as a realm between heaven (Asgard) and hell (Niflheim).
- (fiction) (alt form) Middle-earth: the setting of the of the Lord of the Rings series.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English middelerthe inherited from Old English middaneard (Middle Earth) 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
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Spatial relations
Ontological Category
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Media English
- Midgard English
- Midgardian English
- Messapii Latin
- medianus Latin
- medius Latin
- Μεσσάπιος Ancient Greek
- *-teh₂ts Proto-Indo-European
- *médʰyos Proto-Indo-European
- *midjagardaz Proto-Germanic
- *midjaz Proto-Germanic
- eard Old English
- middaneard Old English
- middangeard Old English
- middanġeard Old English
- मध्य Sanskrit
- माध्यम Sanskrit
- erthe Middle English
- middel Middle English
- middelerd Middle English
- middelerthe Middle English
- middenerd Middle English
- Miðgarðr Old Norse
- *meďu Proto-Slavic
- بیشه Persian
- 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