medus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- (Medieval Latin) A kind of mead
Etymology
Derived 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
- μέδος Ancient Greek
- *médʰu Proto-Indo-European
- *meduz Proto-Germanic
- medu Old English
- mjǫðr Old Norse
- *medovina Proto-Slavic
- *mȅdъ Proto-Slavic
- metu Old High German
- mõdu Estonian
- *metu Proto-Finnic
- *medu Proto-Celtic
- *medwos Proto-Celtic
- *mádʰu Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *mádʰu Proto-Indo-Aryan
- mede Old Frisian
- *medú Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *médu Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *mete fiu-pro
- *métʰu Proto-Hellenic
- *ḿət(ə) Proto-Tocharian
- *ḿətə Proto-Tocharian