mee Dutch · revision 37158

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 1100, Old Dutch (Leiden Willeram)|origins=ine-pro *meth₂}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /meː/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mee'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|dum|mede]], [[inh|odt|mithi]], [[inh|gmw-pro|*midi]], [[inh|gem-pro|*midi|t=with, along]], which the EWN gives as ⟨*meda⟩ or ⟨*medi⟩.^(EWN)^(Wiktionary)^(ONW) The form ⟨mee⟩ arose from the older [[mede]] by the loss of ⟨d⟩ between vowels, as in ⟨kou⟩ beside [[koude]].^(EWN)^(Wiktionary) The preposition [[met]] is a shorter form of the same word.^(EWN)^(MNW)^(WNT)

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+ The same word is [[osx|midi]], [[goh|miti]] (modern [[de|mit]]), [[ofs|mithi]] (modern [[fy|mei]]), [[ang|mid]], [[non|með]] and [[got|𐌼𐌹𐌸|tr=miþ]], all meaning “with”.^(EWN)^(MNW) Outside Germanic it is related to [[grc|μετά|tr=metá|t=with, among, after]], [[sa|स्मत्|tr=smát|t=together with]] and [[ae|maṭ|t=with]], from [[ine-pro|*meth₂|alt=*met(h₂)-]].^(EWN)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Old Dutch ''mithi'' is first found around 1100 in the Leiden Willeram, meaning “also”: ''thar sint ouch mithe uirtuosi'', “there are also virtuous ones”.^(EWN)^(ONW) Middle Dutch ''mede'' appears in a Ghent text of 1236, and in 1253 in ''mede uaren'', “to go along”.^(EWN)^(VMNW)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Middle Dutch ''mede'' expressed company and shared action, presence (''mede wesen'', “to be there”) and agreement with someone.^(MNW) It formed compounds early, such as ''mede porter'', “fellow citizen”, in 1287, and the contracted ''mee'' is found from the 14th century.^(EWN)^(MNW)

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+ The two forms then divided the work: ''mee'' is the usual adverb and the usual first part of verbs (''meegaan'', ''meelopen'', ''meewerken''), while ''mede'' survives in formal use for “also” and in nouns and adjectives such as ''medewerker'' and ''medemens''.^(EWN)^(WNT)^(Wiktionary) ''Metgezel'', Middle Dutch ''medegheselle'', is an isolated case.^(EWN) From “along with” came the sense “in someone's favour”, as in having the wind ''mee'' at one's back.^(Van Dale 2014)^(WNT)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1100 – Old Dutch ''mithi'' “also” in the Leiden Willeram.^(EWN)^(ONW)

+ * 1236 – Middle Dutch ''mede'' in Ghent.^(EWN)^(VMNW)

+ * 1253 – ''Mede uaren'' “to go along”.^(EWN)

+ * 1287 – ''Mede porter'' “fellow citizen”.^(EWN)

+ * 14th century – The contracted form ''mee'' appears.^(EWN)^(MNW)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|along]], together with someone: ''Ga je mee naar de markt?''^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In the same direction: ''met de stroom mee zwemmen''.^(Van Dale 2014)

+ # In someone's favour: ''Het weer zat ons die dag mee.''^(Van Dale 2014)

+ # The adverbial form of [[met]] in pronominal adverbs such as [[ermee]] and [[waarmee]].^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)^(WikiWoordenboek)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # ''(predicative)'' Able to follow or keep up.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[meebetalen]]

+ * [[meebewegen]]

+ * [[meebrengen]]

+ * [[meedoen]]

+ * [[meegaan]]

+ * [[meekijken]]

+ * [[meelopen]]

+ * [[meenemen]]

+ * [[meerekenen]]

+ * [[meerijden]]

+ * [[meeroken]]

+ * [[meestemmen]]

+ * [[meetellen]]

+ * [[meetorsen]]

+ * [[meevoelen]]

+ * [[mede]]

+ * [[medewerker]]

+ * [[medemens]]

+ * [[metgezel]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[met]]

+ * [[de|mit]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Mee'' is also a younger form of the noun ''mede'' “mead”, a drink made with honey, and of ''mede'' “madder”, a plant grown for its red dye, now usually ''meekrap''.^(WNT)^(MNW)^(VMNW) In the south ''mee'' is a dialect word for “grandmother, old woman”, from ''meter'' “godmother”, Medieval Latin ''matrina''.^(Weijnen 2003)^(Van der Sijs 2005)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}