mesi
Finnish
pronunciation
Definitions
- nectar sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *meci (honey) inherited from *mete 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
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Thamesmead English
- mead English
- meaded English
- meadery English
- meadlike English
- meadsweet English
- meadwort English
- meady English
- aasianmangrovemedestäjä Finnish
- aasianmedestäjä Finnish
- angervo Finnish
- heinä Finnish
- kaste Finnish
- kämmen Finnish
- marja Finnish
- medestäjä Finnish
- mesiangervo Finnish
- mesiheinä Finnish
- mesikaste Finnish
- mesikkä Finnish
- mesikämmen Finnish
- mesimarja Finnish
- mesimäyrä Finnish
- mesinuppiseitikki Finnish
- mesisieni Finnish
- mesiäinen Finnish
- metinen Finnish
- mäyrä Finnish
- niilinmedestäjä Finnish
- nuppiseitikki Finnish
- sieni Finnish
- sotilas Finnish
- sotilasmesikko Finnish
- valkomesikkä Finnish
- méz Hungarian
- mézből Hungarian
- mézel Hungarian
- mézes Hungarian
- mézsör Hungarian
- mézédes Hungarian
- édes, mint a méz Hungarian
- μέδος Ancient Greek
- *médʰu Proto-Indo-European
- *meduz Proto-Germanic
- mede Middle English
- *medovina Proto-Slavic
- *mȅdъ Proto-Slavic
- mesi Estonian
- *meci Proto-Finnic
- *medu Proto-Celtic
- *medwos Proto-Celtic
- *mádʰu Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *mádʰu Proto-Indo-Aryan
- mezi Veps
- *mete Proto-Uralic
- *médu Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *mete fiu-pro
- mesi Võro
- *métʰu Proto-Hellenic
- mesi Votic
- медь Erzya
- *ḿət(ə) Proto-Tocharian
- *ḿətə Proto-Tocharian