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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/medъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *médus, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.

Noun

*mȅdъ m[1][2][3]

  1. honey
  2. mead

Inflection
Declension of *mȅdъ (u-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *mȅdъ *mȅdy *mȅdove
genitive *mȅdu *medovù *medòvъ
dative *mȅdovi *medъmà *mȅdъmъ
accusative *mȅdъ *mȅdy *mȅdy
instrumental *mȅdъmь *medъmà *medъmì
locative *medú *medovù *mȅdъxъ
vocative *medu *mȅdy *mȅdove

Derived terms
  • *medvě̀dь m (“bear”), *medvě̀dica f (“she-bear”)
  • *medunъ (“lone bear”)
    • *medunika, *medunica (“type of plant”)
  • *medyni (“sweetheart”)
  • *medovъ (“of honey”)
    • *medovina (“honey extract”)
    • *medovъka (“sweet fruit, product”)
  • *medьnъ, *medvьnъ (“honey's”)
    • *medьnikъ (“honey product”)
  • *medvěnъ (“honey's”)
    • *medvěnъka (“type of plant”)
  • *medьcь (diminutive)
  • *medъkъ (“honey product”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: медъ (medŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: медъ (med), мѣдъ (měd), мюдъ (mjud)
      • Russian: мёд (mjod)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: медъ (medŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰿⰵⰴⱏ (medŭ)
    • Bulgarian: мед (med); мяд (mjad) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: мед (med)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ме̑д
      Latin script: mȇd
    • Slovene: mẹ̑d (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: med
    • Kashubian: miód
    • Polabian: med
    • Old Polish: miód
      • Polish: miód
      • → Old Ruthenian: мїодъ (miod), модъ (mod) (dialectal)
    • Slovak: med
    • Slovincian: mjód
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: mjod
        • →? Upper Sorbian: mjód
      • Upper Sorbian: měd
  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мед”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȇdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 306: “m. u (c) ‘honey, mead’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “medъ medu”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c honey (NA 126, 128, 142; SA 25, 140, 177; PR 137)”
  3. Nikolajev, S. L. (2012) “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎ (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 95: “*mȇdъ ― *mȇd”
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