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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/médʰu

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Noun

*médʰu n

  1. honey
  2. mead, intoxicating drink, sweet drink.

Comment

The Indo-European word was prehistorically borrowed into Proto-Uralic *mete.[1] Also possibly borrowed into Chinese 蜜 (from Old Chinese *mit (“honey”)), perhaps through Tocharian.

Inflection
Athematic, proterokinetic
singular
nominative *médʰu
genitive *mdʰéws
singular dual plural
nominative *médʰu *médʰwih₁ *médʰuh₂
vocative *médʰu *médʰwih₁ *médʰuh₂
accusative *médʰu *médʰwih₁ *médʰuh₂
genitive *mdʰéws *? *mdʰéwoHom
ablative *mdʰéws *? *mdʰúmos
dative *mdʰéwey *? *mdʰúmos
locative *mdʰéw, *mdʰéwi *? *mdʰúsu
instrumental *mdʰúh₁ *? *mdʰúbʰi

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Balto-Slavic: *medús (see there for further descendants)
  • Celtic: *medu (see there for further descendants)
  • Germanic: *meduz (see there for further descendants)
  • Hellenic: *métʰu
  • Indo-Iranian: *mádʰu (see there for further descendants)
  • Tocharian: *ḿətə
    • Tocharian B: mīt
    • → Late Old Chinese: 蜜 (mit)[2] (see there for further descendants)
  • → Uralic: *mete (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Joki, Aulis J. (1973) Uralier und Indogermanen [Uralians and Indo-Europeans] (Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia; 151) (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN
  2. Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN
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