Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/meduz

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“sweet drink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.ðuz/

Noun

*meduz m

1. mead

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *meduz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*meduz	*midiwiz
vocative	*medu	*midiwiz
accusative	*medų	*medunz
genitive	*medauz	*midiwǫ̂
dative	*midiwi	*medumaz
instrumental	*medū	*medumiz

Descendants

• Old English: medu, medo, meodo, meodu
  • Middle English: mede, methe (influenced by Old Norse mjǫðr)
    • English: mead
    • Scots: mede, meid
• Old Frisian: mede
  • Saterland Frisian: Meede
  • West Frisian: mea
• Old Saxon: medu
  • Middle Low German: mēde, medde
    • Low German: Mia (Westphalian dialects)
• Old Dutch: *medu
  • Middle Dutch: mēde
    • Dutch: mede, mee
• Old High German: metu
  • Middle High German: mete, met
    • German: Met
• Old Norse: mjǫðr
  • Icelandic: mjöður
  • Faroese: mjøður
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mjød; (dialectal) mjør, mjøyr’e
  • Old Swedish: miødher, mioþer
    • Swedish: mjöd
  • Old Danish: mioth, miøth, møth
    • Danish: mjød
      • Norwegian Bokmål: mjød
• →? Ancient Greek: μέδος (médos)
• → Latin: mēdus