Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/medús

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.

Noun

*medús m [1][2]

honey

Inflection

Mobile accent.

Declension of *medús (u-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*medus	*medūˀ	*medawes
Accusative	*medun	*medūˀ	*meduns
Genitive	*medauš	*medawuš?	*medawun
Locative	*medau? -ui?	*medawuš?	*medušu
Dative	*medawei	*medumō	*medumas
Instrumental	*medūˀ?	*medumō	*medumiš
Vocative	*medu	*medūˀ	*medawes

Descendants

Latvian: medus
Lithuanian: medùs
Old Prussian: meddo
Slavic: *mȇdъ (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mȇdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 306: “*medú-”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “medus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309: “*medú-”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mȇdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 306: “*medú-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “medus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309: “*medú-”