Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA payment or recompense made for services rendered or in recognition of some achievement; reward; award. · A gift; bribe. · Merit; worth.
From Middle English meede, mede, from Old English mēd, meord, meard, meorþ (“meed, reward, pay, price, compensation, bribe”), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀdu, from Proto-Germanic *mizdō (“meed”), from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰéh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange”). Cognate with obsolete Dutch miede (“wages”), Low German Meed (“rent”), German Miete (“rent”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌶𐌳𐍉 (mizdō, “meed, reward, payment, recompense”); further Ancient Greek μισθός (misthós, “wage”), Old Church Slavonic мьзда (mĭzda, “reward”), Sanskrit मीळ्ह (mīḷhá), Sanskrit मीढ (mīḍhá), Avestan 𐬨𐬍𐬲𐬛𐬀 (mīžda).
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- Root classification mention*mey- (change)ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionmeedeenm
- Inherited-form mentionmēdang
- Inherited-form mention*miʀdugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*mizdōgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*misdʰósine-pro
- Derivation mention*mey-ine-pro · to exchange
- Cognate mentionmiedenl
- Cognate mentionMeednds
- Cognate mentionMietede
- Cognate mention𐌼𐌹𐌶𐌳𐍉got
- Cognate mentionμισθόςgrc
- Cognate mentionмьздаcu
- Cognate mentionमीळ्हsa
- Cognate mentionमीढsa
- Cognate mention𐬨𐬍𐬲𐬛𐬀ae
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