Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/medu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *meduz.

Noun

*medu m

mead

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*medu
Genitive	*medō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*medu	mediwi, medō
Accusative	*medu	*medū
Genitive	*medō	*mediwō
Dative	mediwi, medō	*medum
Instrumental	*medu	*medum

Descendants

Old English: medu, medo, meodo
- Middle English: mede, methe (influenced by Old Norse mjǫðr)
  - English: mead
  - Scots: mede, meid
Old Frisian: mede
- Saterland Frisian: Meede
- West Frisian: mea
Old Saxon: medu
- Middle Low German: mēde, medde
  - Low German: Mia (Westphalian dialects)
Old Dutch: *medu
- Middle Dutch: mēde
  - Dutch: mede, mee
Old High German: metu
- Middle High German: mete, met
  - German: Met

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