mejdo

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Sudovian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *medjas, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (middle). Compare Lithuanian mẽdis (tree),[1] Latvian mežs (forest), Old Prussian median (forest).[2]

Noun

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mejdo

  1. (botany) tree

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Middle High German mait, cf. German Maid (girl, maiden).[3]

Noun

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mejdo

  1. girl

References

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  1. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 76:mejdo ‘medis, l. drzewo’ 10.
  2. ^ mẽdis” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. s. mejdo Baum”.
  3. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 76:mejdo ‘mergina, l. dziewczyna’ 46.