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

honey
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

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: медъ (medŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: медъ (med), мѣдъ (měd), мюдъ (mjud)
    - Belarusian: мёд (mjod); мед (mjed), мэд (med), мід (mid), мідь (midʹ) (dialectal)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: мюд (mjud), мед (med)
    - Ukrainian: мед (med); мід (mid) (dialectal)
  - 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
  - Czech: med
- Kashubian: miód
- Polabian: med
- Old Polish: miód
  - Polish: miód
  - → Old Ruthenian: мїодъ (mjod), модъ (mod) (dialectal)
- Old Slovak: med
  - Pannonian Rusyn: мед (med)
  - Slovak: med
- Slovincian: mjód
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: mjod
    - →? Upper Sorbian: mjód
  - Upper Sorbian: měd

Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: mied

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȇdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 306: “m. u (c) ‘honey, mead’”
^ 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)”
^ 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”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȇdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, 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”

Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/medъ

Proto-Slavic

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Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

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