Cognate Set 1194 – Meaning: forest

IE-CoR reference form:
*medʰ-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Baltic lexemes continuing PIE *médʰ-i̯o- 'middle, located in the middle' (ALEW 625-627, Derksen 2015:309).
Found in clades:
Baltic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 3 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
77   Old Prussian median
74   Latvian mežs mɛʃː mɛʃ
75   Latgalian mežs mʲɛʃː mʲeʃ
References
  • Derksen, Rick: 309
    Cf. s.v. Lith. medžias 'forest, woods' (Latv. mežs 'forest, woods', OPr. median 'forest, woods'), from PIE *medʰ-i-o- / *medʰ-i-eh₂- (cf. Skt. mádhya- 'middle, located in the middle'; Lat. medius 'middle, located in the middle'; Goth. midjis 'middle').
  • Hock, Wolfgang and Fecht, Rainer and Feulner, Anna Helene and Hill, Eugen and Wodtko, Dagmar S.: 625-627
    S.v. OLith. mẽdis 'Baum, Holz, Wald' (BSl. Latv. mežs 'Wald, Gehölz, OCS mežda 'Straße', etc.), from PIE *médʰi̯o- 'mittlerer, in der Mitte befindlich' (cf. Ved. mádhya- (adj.) 'mittlerer'; (snt.) 'Mitte', YAv. maiδiia- 'mittlerer', Gk. μέσος, μέσσος 'mittlerer', Lat. medius 'mittlerer', Goth. midjis, ON miðr, OHG mitti 'in der Mitte befindlich').