Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/meduz

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“sweet drink”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈme.ðuz/

Noun

*meduz m

mead

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *meduz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*meduz	*midiwiz
vocative	*medu	*midiwiz
accusative	*medų	*medunz
genitive	*medauz	*midiwǫ̂
dative	*midiwi	*medumaz
instrumental	*medū	*medumiz

Descendants

Old English: medu, meodo
- Middle English: mede, methe (influenced by Old Norse mjǫðr)
  - English: mead
  - Scots: mede, meid
Old Frisian: mede
- Saterland Frisian: Meede
- West Frisian: mea
Old Saxon: medu
- Middle Low German: mēde, medde
  - Low German: Mia (Westphalian dialects)
Old Dutch: *medu
- Middle Dutch: mēde
  - Dutch: mede, mee
Old High German: metu
- Middle High German: mete, met
  - German: Met
Old Norse: mjǫðr
- Icelandic: mjöður
- Faroese: mjøður
- Norwegian Bokmål: mjød
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mjød
- Old Swedish: miödher, mioþer
  - Swedish: mjöd
- Old Danish: mioth, miøth, møth
  - Danish: mjød
- Westrobothnian: mjø
→ Ancient Greek: μέδος (médos) (possibly)
→ Latin: mēdus

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