“middle”
10 fragments across 9 traditions carry this sense. 7 of them open a name against 3 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 5 different families, from real world outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Celtic, has 2.
Medio initial · medion final
- Medionouios
Medio middle + nouios new
middle new
- Mediognatos
Medio middle + gnatos son
middle son
- Medioialos
Medio middle + ialos clearing
middle clearing
- Maromedion
Maro mighty + medion middle
mighty middle
- Betumedion
Betu birch + medion middle
birch middle
- Ritumedion
Ritu ford + medion middle
ford middle
Mezzo initial
- Mezzovolo
Mezzo middle + volo flight
middle flight
- Mezzonube
Mezzo middle + nube cloud
middle cloud
- Mezzotempo
Mezzo middle + tempo time
middle time
Meso initial
- Mesoaxon
Meso middle + axon axle
middle axle
- Mesokyklos
Meso middle + kyklos circle
middle circle
- Mesoklima
Meso middle + klima slope
middle slope
Mes initial
- Mesunia
Mes middle + unia country
middle country
- Mesilia
Mes middle + ilia land
middle land
- Mesenia
Mes middle + enia country
middle country
mid final
- Fjalmid
Fjal mountain + mid middle
mountain middle
- Gardmid
Gard enclosure + mid middle
enclosure middle
- Rostmid
Rost rust + mid middle
rust middle
waena final
- Lelewaena
Lele leap + waena middle
middle leap
- Poliwaena
Poli bosom + waena middle
middle bosom
- Laniwaena
Lani sky + waena middle
middle sky
Naka initial
- Nakata
Naka middle + ta rice field
middle rice field
- Nakada
Naka middle + da rice field
middle rice field
- Nakakawa
Naka middle + kawa river
middle river
Meso initial
- Mesoperibolos
Meso middle + peribolos enclosure
middle enclosure
- Mesorhegma
Meso middle + rhegma breach
middle breach
- Mesoklimax
Meso middle + klimax ladder
middle ladder
Medi initial
- Mediomen
Medi middle + omen portent
middle portent
- Mediver
Medi middle + ver springtime
middle springtime
- Medivestigium
Medi middle + vestigium footprint
middle footprint
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “middle”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.
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