mëz

See also: mez, MEZ, méz, mez', and měź

Albanian

Tosk form of Gheg mâz, from Old Albanian manz (Buzuku), from Proto-Albanian *mandja, from *mand- (“to feed (trans.), suckle”) (modern mënd).^[1]^[2] Close related to Messapic menza (“foal”). Lent Romanian mânz.^[1] More at mënd.

mëz m (plural mëza, definite mëzi, definite plural mëzat)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mëz”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 265
^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎^[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 267