mjǫðr
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- honey
- mead (fermented drink)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *meduz (mead) derived from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (honey, mead, sweet drink, wine, honey wine).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*médʰu
Gloss
honey, mead, sweet drink, wine, honey wine
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
蜜
Emoji
🍯
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Thamesmead English
- mead English
- meaded English
- meadery English
- meadlike English
- meadsweet English
- meadwort English
- meady English
- medus Latin
- Met German
- μέδος Ancient Greek
- *médʰu Proto-Indo-European
- mjød Norwegian Bokmål
- *meduz Proto-Germanic
- mjöd Swedish
- mjød Norwegian Nynorsk
- medu Old English
- medusetl Old English
- mede Middle English
- Mjǫðvitnir Old Norse
- vitnir Old Norse
- mjød Danish
- *medovina Proto-Slavic
- *mȅdъ Proto-Slavic
- mjöður Icelandic
- metu Old High German
- mjøður Faroese
- mõdu Estonian
- *metu Proto-Finnic
- *medu Proto-Celtic
- *medwos Proto-Celtic
- *mádʰu Proto-Indo-Iranian
- miödher Old Swedish
- mjø Westrobothnian
- *mádʰu Proto-Indo-Aryan
- mede Old Frisian
- *medú Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *médu Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *mete fiu-pro
- *métʰu Proto-Hellenic
- *ḿət(ə) Proto-Tocharian
- *ḿətə Proto-Tocharian