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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

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 [+instrumental]

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: межи (meži)
    • ⇒ Old Novgorodian: промежи (promeži)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
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