mȇdъ

mȇdъ Grammatical information: m. u Accent paradigm: c Proto-Slavic meaning: `honey, mead'

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Old Church Slavic:

medъ `honey' [m u/o], meda [Gens], medu [Gens]

Russian:

mëd `honey, mead' [m o], mëda [Gens], medú [Locs], medý [Nom p]

Czech:

med `honey, mead' [m o]

Slovak:

med `honey, mead' [m o]

Polish:

miód `honey, mead' [m o], miodu [Gens]

Upper Sorbian:

měd `honey' [m o], mjedu [Gens], mjeda [Gens]

Serbo-Croatian:

mȇd `honey' [m o], mȅda [Gens];

Čak. mȇd (Vrgada) `honey' [m o], mȅda [Gens];

Čak. mȇd (Novi) `honey' [m o], mȅda [Gens];

Čak. mⁱȇt (Orbanići) `honey' [m o], mȅda [Gens]

Slovene:

mę̑d `honey' [m o/u], mę̑da [Gens], medȗ [Gens]

Bulgarian:

med `honey' [m o]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: medú-

Lithuanian:

medùs `honey' [m u] 4

Latvian:

mędus `honey' [m u]

Old Prussian:

meddo (EV) `honey'

Indo-European reconstruction: medʰu-

IE meaning: honey, mead

Certainty: +

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Other cognates:

Skt. mádhu- `sweet drink, anything sweet, honey' [n];

Gk. μέθυ `wine' [n];

OHG metu `mead'

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OIr. mid `mead' [n/m]