medu
Old English
noun
Definitions
- mead
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *meduz (mead) derived from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (honey, mead, sweet drink, wine, honey wine).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*médʰu
Gloss
honey, mead, sweet drink, wine, honey wine
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
蜜
Emoji
🍯
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mead English
- meth- English
- methomania English
- medus Latin
- Methyl German
- μέδος Ancient Greek
- μέθυ Ancient Greek
- *médʰu Proto-Indo-European
- mjød Norwegian Bokmål
- *meduz Proto-Germanic
- mjød Norwegian Nynorsk
- medusetl Old English
- setl Old English
- मधु Sanskrit
- मधुकाण्ड Sanskrit
- mede Middle English
- Mjǫðvitnir Old Norse
- mjǫðr Old Norse
- mjød Danish
- *medovina Proto-Slavic
- *mȅdъ Proto-Slavic
- mjöður Icelandic
- मधु Hindi
- μέθη Greek (modern)
- metu Old High German
- అధరమధువు Telugu
- మధువు Telugu
- mjøður Faroese
- madu Malay
- mõdu Estonian
- *metu Proto-Finnic
- মৌ Assamese
- মৌচাক Assamese
- মৌপিয়া Assamese
- মৌমাখি Assamese
- *medu Proto-Celtic
- *medwos Proto-Celtic
- madhu Pali
- *mádʰu Proto-Indo-Iranian
- miödher Old Swedish
- mjø Westrobothnian
- मध Marathi
- *mádʰu Proto-Indo-Aryan
- مدھو Urdu
- mede Old Frisian
- 𑀫𑀥𑀼 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀫𑀳𑀼 Maharastri Prakrit
- *medú Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *médu Proto-Balto-Slavic
- ಮಧು Kannada
- म्होवु Konkani
- *mete fiu-pro
- *métʰu Proto-Hellenic
- मधु Bhojpuri
- 𑂧𑂡𑂳 Bhojpuri
- *ḿət(ə) Proto-Tocharian
- *ḿətə Proto-Tocharian
- ᮙᮓᮥ Sundanese
- 𑀫𑀢𑀼 Old Tamil