Etymology of meat

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noun

The flesh (muscle tissue) of a killed animal used as food. · A food designed to replicate its taste and texture (such as plant-based meat). · A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance. · Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food.

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-West Germanic *mati Old English mete Middle English mete English meat Inherited from Middle English mete (“food”), from Old English mete (“food”), from Proto-West Germanic *mati (“food”), from Proto-Germanic *matiz (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to be wet; grease, fat”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian Miit (“meat”), Danish mad (“food”), Faroese and Icelandic matur (“food, meal”), Norn mader (“food”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish mat (“food”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃 (mats, “food”). A -ja- derivation from the same base is found in Middle Dutch and Middle Low German met (“lean pork”), from which Dutch met (“minced pork”) and German Mett (“minced meat”) derive, respectively. Compare also Old Irish mess (“animal feed”) and Welsh mes (“acorns”), English mast (“fodder for swine and other animals”), which are probably from the same root.

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Cognate mentionMiitfrr · meat
Cognate mentionmadda · food
Cognate mentionmadernrn · food
Cognate mention𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃got · food
Cognate mentionmetgml · lean pork
Cognate mentionmetnl · minced pork
Cognate mentionMettde · minced meat
Cognate mentionmesssga · animal feed
Cognate mentionmescy · acorns
Cognate mentionmasten · fodder for swine and other animals

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