Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water. · A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbon dioxide.
From Middle English mede, from Old English medu, from Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) (whence English methyl), Lithuanian medùs, Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), Persian می (mey), Sanskrit मधु (mádhu), Welsh medd, Finnish mesi, Chinese 蜜 (mì).
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- Inherited-form mentionmedeenm
- Inherited-form mentionmeduang
- Inherited-form mention*medugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*meduzgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*médʰuine-pro
- Cognate mentionμέθυgrc
- Cognate mentionmethylen
- Cognate mentionmedùslt
- Cognate mentionмедъcu
- Cognate mentionمیfa
- Cognate mentionमधुsa
- Cognate mentionmeddcy
- Cognate mentionmesifi
- Cognate mention蜜zh
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