Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/médu
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This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.
Noun
Inflection
Mobile accent.
| Declension of *médu (u-stem, unknown accent) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Nominative | *medus | *medūˀ | *medawes | |
| Accusative | *medun | *medūˀ | *medū(ˀ)ns | |
| Genitive | *medaus | *medawau | *medawōn | |
| Locative | *medēuˀ | *medawau | *medušu | |
| Dative | *medawei | *medumā(ˀ) | *medumas | |
| Instrumental | *medūˀ (early forms) | *medumāˀ | *medumīˀs | |
| Vocative | *medau | *medūˀ | *medawes | |
Descendants
- Latvian: medus
- Lithuanian: medùs
- Old Prussian: meddo
- Proto-Slavic: *mȇdъ (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȇdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 306: “*medú-”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “medus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309: “*medú-”