*meduz

Runic: ᛗᛖᛞᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈme.ðuz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

From Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Cognate with Sanskrit मधु (madhu) (madhu), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬜𐬎 (maδu) (maδu), Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) (méthu).

*medu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *medo (Old Dutch)
  - mēde, meede, mee (Middle Dutch)
    - mede, mee (Dutch)
*medu (Proto-West Germanic)
- medu, medo, meodo, meodu (Old English)
  - mede, methe (Middle English)
    - mead (English)
    - mede, meid (Scots)
*medu (Proto-West Germanic)
- mede (Old Frisian)
  - Meede (Saterland Frisian)
  - mea (West Frisian)
*medu (Proto-West Germanic)
- metu (Old High German)
  - mete, met (Middle High German)
    - Met (German)
*medu (Proto-West Germanic)
- medu (Old Saxon)
  - mēde, medde (Middle Low German)
    - Mia (Low German)
*ᛗᛖᛞᚢᛉ (*meduʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- mjǫðr (Old Norse)
  - mjøður (Faroese)
  - mjöður (Icelandic)
  - mjød, mjør, mjøyr’e (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*ᛗᛖᛞᚢᛉ (*meduʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- mjǫðr (Old Norse)
  - mioth, miøth, møth (Old Danish)
    - mjød (Danish)
      - mjød (Norwegian Bokmål)
*ᛗᛖᛞᚢᛉ (*meduʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- mjǫðr (Old Norse)
  - miødher, mioþer (Old Swedish)
    - mjöd (Swedish)
*mëtu (Proto-Finnic)
μέδος (médos) (Ancient Greek)
μέδος (médos) (Hunnic)
mēdus (Latin)