"médʰu" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

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Noun

Etymology: Possibly related to Proto-Semitic *matḳ- (“sweet”), one suggestion is a borrowing through Proto-Northeast Caucasian *miʒʒV (“sweet”). Etymology templates: {{noncog|sem-pro|*matḳ-|t=sweet}} Proto-Semitic *matḳ- (“sweet”), {{bor|ine-pro|cau-nec-pro|*miʒʒV|t=sweet}} Proto-Northeast Caucasian *miʒʒV (“sweet”) Head templates: {{head|ine-pro|noun|||||f2nolink=1|g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|head5=}} *médʰu n Inflection templates: {{ine-decl-noun-n|médʰu|m̥dʰéw|ac=proterokinetic}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], médʰu [nominative, singular], médʰwih₁ [dual, nominative], médʰuh₂ [nominative, plural], médʰu [singular, vocative], médʰwih₁ [dual, vocative], médʰuh₂ [plural, vocative], médʰu [accusative, singular], médʰwih₁ [accusative, dual], médʰuh₂ [accusative, plural], m̥dʰéws [genitive, singular], - [dual, genitive], m̥dʰéwoHom [genitive, plural], m̥dʰéws [ablative, singular], - [ablative, dual], m̥dʰúmos [ablative, plural], m̥dʰúbʰos [ablative, plural], m̥dʰéwey [dative, singular], - [dative, dual], m̥dʰúmos [dative, plural], m̥dʰúbʰos [dative, plural], m̥dʰéw [locative, singular], m̥dʰéwi [locative, singular], - [dual, locative], m̥dʰúsu [locative, plural], m̥dʰúh₁ [instrumental, singular], - [dual, instrumental], m̥dʰúmis [instrumental, plural], m̥dʰúbʰis [instrumental, plural]
  1. honey Tags: neuter, reconstruction Synonyms: *kn̥h₂ónks, *mélit
    Sense id: en-médʰu-ine-pro-noun-pV4uOEal
  2. honey wine, mead Tags: neuter, reconstruction Derived forms (Middle Irish: medb, Medb): → English: Maeve Derived forms (Proto-Balto-Slavic: *medwḗˀdis (from an earlier *médu-ēˀd-is)): medvědь (english: bear) [Proto-Slavic] Derived forms (Proto-Celtic: *medwos; Welsh): meddw Derived forms (Proto-Indo-Aryan: *madʰuHád): मध्वद् (madhvád) (english: honey-eater) [Sanskrit] Derived forms (Proto-Tocharian): mot (english: alcohol)
    Sense id: en-médʰu-ine-pro-noun-kEyG9gMC Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 99 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 99 Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of 'Middle Irish: medb, Medb': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'Proto-Balto-Slavic: *medwḗˀdis (from an earlier *médu-ēˀd-is)': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'Proto-Celtic: *medwos; Welsh': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'Proto-Indo-Aryan: *madʰuHád': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'Proto-Tocharian': 0 100
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-ana-pro",
            "2": "*médu"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Anatolian: *médu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Anatolian: *médu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hit",
            "2": "𒃻𒆸𒊏𒆯𒆯",
            "t": "sweet bread",
            "tr": "ᴺᴵᴺᴰᴬKUR₄.RA KU₇-KU₇",
            "ts": "mitgaimi-",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Hittite: 𒃻𒆸𒊏𒆯𒆯 (ᴺᴵᴺᴰᴬKUR₄.RA KU₇-KU₇ /⁠mitgaimi-⁠/, “sweet bread”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "more likely borrowed from a Semitic source"
          },
          "expansion": "(more likely borrowed from a Semitic source)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Hittite: 𒃻𒆸𒊏𒆯𒆯 (ᴺᴵᴺᴰᴬKUR₄.RA KU₇-KU₇ /⁠mitgaimi-⁠/, “sweet bread”) (more likely borrowed from a Semitic source)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "akk",
            "2": "mutqûm",
            "alt": "𒃻𒈬𒌓𒆪𒌑",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "sweet bread",
            "tr": "mutqûm"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Akkadian: 𒃻𒈬𒌓𒆪𒌑 (mutqûm, “sweet bread”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "possibly"
          },
          "expansion": "(possibly)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Akkadian: 𒃻𒈬𒌓𒆪𒌑 (mutqûm, “sweet bread”) (possibly)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xlu",
            "2": "𒈪𒀉𒂵𒄿𒈪",
            "t": "sweet(ened)",
            "tr": "mi-it-ga-i-mi",
            "ts": "mitgaimi-",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Luwian: 𒈪𒀉𒂵𒄿𒈪 (mi-it-ga-i-mi /⁠mitgaimi-⁠/, “sweet(ened)”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Luwian: 𒈪𒀉𒂵𒄿𒈪 (mi-it-ga-i-mi /⁠mitgaimi-⁠/, “sweet(ened)”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xlu",
            "2": "-",
            "t": "wine"
          },
          "expansion": "Luwian: (“wine”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Luwian: (“wine”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xlu",
            "2": "𒈠𒀜𒁺",
            "sc": "Xsux",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "ma-ad-du",
            "ts": "máddu"
          },
          "expansion": "Cuneiform script: 𒈠𒀜𒁺 (ma-ad-du /⁠máddu⁠/)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cuneiform script: 𒈠𒀜𒁺 (ma-ad-du /⁠máddu⁠/)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xlu",
            "2": "𔒅𔕬𔑷",
            "sc": "Hluw",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "ma-tú-sà"
          },
          "expansion": "Anatolian hieroglyphic script: 𔒅𔕬𔑷 (ma-tú-sà)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Anatolian hieroglyphic script: 𔒅𔕬𔑷 (ma-tú-sà), 𔒅𔑢𔑷 (ma-tu-sà /⁠máddu-sa⁠/)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hyx-pro",
            "2": "",
            "alt": "*melu̍β̞i",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Proto-Armenian: *melu̍β̞i",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "< instr.pl. *medʰubʰi"
          },
          "expansion": "(< instr.pl. *medʰubʰi)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Proto-Armenian: *melu̍β̞i (< instr.pl. *medʰubʰi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "մեղու"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Armenian: մեղու (mełu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Armenian: մեղու (mełu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
            "2": "*médu"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *médu",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *médu (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-pro",
            "2": "*medu"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Celtic: *medu",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Celtic: *medu (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*meduz"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *meduz",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *meduz (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xhc",
            "2": "μέδος",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "beverage akin to mead",
            "tr": "médos",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Hunnic: μέδος (médos, “beverage akin to mead”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Hunnic: μέδος (médos, “beverage akin to mead”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-pro",
            "2": "*métʰu"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *métʰu",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *métʰu (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*mádʰu"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mádʰu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mádʰu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
            "2": "*mádʰu",
            "t": "honey"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mádʰu (“honey”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mádʰu (“honey”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "मधु",
            "tr": "mádhu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: मधु (mádhu)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: मधु (mádhu) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": "*mádu"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *mádu",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian: *mádu (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-pro",
            "2": "*bạl",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Proto-Turkic: *bạl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Proto-Turkic: *bạl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cau-nec-pro",
            "2": "*mHädwV",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "type of beverage; liquor"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Northeast Caucasian: *mHädwV (“type of beverage; liquor”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Northeast Caucasian: *mHädwV (“type of beverage; liquor”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-toc-pro",
            "2": "*ḿətə"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Tocharian: *ḿətə",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Tocharian: *ḿətə"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "txb",
            "2": "mīt"
          },
          "expansion": "Tocharian B: mīt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tocharian B: mīt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "och-lat",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Late Old Chinese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Late Old Chinese: 蜜 (mit) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oui",
            "2": "𐽹𐽶𐽾",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mir"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Uyghur: 𐽹𐽶𐽾 (mir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Uyghur: 𐽹𐽶𐽾 (mir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "urj-pro",
            "2": "*mete",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Uralic: *mete",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Uralic: *mete (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ett",
            "2": "𐌌𐌀𐌈𐌂𐌅𐌀",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "(honeyed) wine, sweet wine"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Etruscan: 𐌌𐌀𐌈𐌂𐌅𐌀 (maθcva, “(honeyed) wine, sweet wine”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Etruscan: 𐌌𐌀𐌈𐌂𐌅𐌀 (maθcva, “(honeyed) wine, sweet wine”)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sem-pro",
        "2": "*matḳ-",
        "t": "sweet"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *matḳ- (“sweet”)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "cau-nec-pro",
        "3": "*miʒʒV",
        "t": "sweet"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Northeast Caucasian *miʒʒV (“sweet”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly related to Proto-Semitic *matḳ- (“sweet”), one suggestion is a borrowing through Proto-Northeast Caucasian *miʒʒV (“sweet”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ine-decl-noun-n",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "médʰu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "médʰwih₁",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "médʰuh₂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "médʰu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "médʰwih₁",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "médʰuh₂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "médʰu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "médʰwih₁",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "médʰuh₂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰéws",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰéwoHom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰéws",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰúmos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰúbʰos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰéwey",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰúmos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰúbʰos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰéw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰéwi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰúsu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰúh₁",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰúmis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰúbʰis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "f2nolink": "1",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "head4": "",
        "head5": ""
      },
      "expansion": "*médʰu n",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "médʰu",
        "2": "m̥dʰéw",
        "ac": "proterokinetic"
      },
      "name": "ine-decl-noun-n"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/médʰu",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "honey"
      ],
      "id": "en-médʰu-ine-pro-noun-pV4uOEal",
      "links": [
        [
          "honey",
          "honey"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*kn̥h₂ónks"
        },
        {
          "word": "*mélit"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 99",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 99",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 99",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "english": "bear",
          "sense": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *medwḗˀdis (from an earlier *médu-ēˀd-is)",
          "tags": [
            "Proto-Slavic"
          ],
          "word": "medvědь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "english": "honey-eater",
          "roman": "madhvád",
          "sense": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *madʰuHád",
          "tags": [
            "Sanskrit"
          ],
          "word": "मध्वद्"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "sense": "Middle Irish: medb, Medb",
          "word": "→ English: Maeve"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "sense": "Proto-Celtic: *medwos; Welsh",
          "word": "meddw"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "english": "alcohol",
          "sense": "Proto-Tocharian",
          "word": "mot"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "honey wine, mead"
      ],
      "id": "en-médʰu-ine-pro-noun-kEyG9gMC",
      "links": [
        [
          "honey wine",
          "honey wine"
        ],
        [
          "mead",
          "mead"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Mate Kapović",
    "Nikolai Starostin",
    "de:Brian D. Joseph",
    "ru:Старостин, Георгий Сергеевич"
  ],
  "word": "médʰu"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
    "Proto-Indo-European neuter nouns",
    "Proto-Indo-European nouns",
    "Proto-Indo-European proterokinetic neuter u-stem nouns",
    "Proto-Indo-European terms borrowed from Proto-Northeast Caucasian",
    "Proto-Indo-European terms derived from Proto-Northeast Caucasian",
    "Requests for date"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "bear",
      "sense": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *medwḗˀdis (from an earlier *médu-ēˀd-is)",
      "tags": [
        "Proto-Slavic"
      ],
      "word": "medvědь"
    },
    {
      "english": "honey-eater",
      "roman": "madhvád",
      "sense": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *madʰuHád",
      "tags": [
        "Sanskrit"
      ],
      "word": "मध्वद्"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Middle Irish: medb, Medb",
      "word": "→ English: Maeve"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Proto-Celtic: *medwos; Welsh",
      "word": "meddw"
    },
    {
      "english": "alcohol",
      "sense": "Proto-Tocharian",
      "word": "mot"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-ana-pro",
            "2": "*médu"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Anatolian: *médu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Anatolian: *médu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hit",
            "2": "𒃻𒆸𒊏𒆯𒆯",
            "t": "sweet bread",
            "tr": "ᴺᴵᴺᴰᴬKUR₄.RA KU₇-KU₇",
            "ts": "mitgaimi-",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Hittite: 𒃻𒆸𒊏𒆯𒆯 (ᴺᴵᴺᴰᴬKUR₄.RA KU₇-KU₇ /⁠mitgaimi-⁠/, “sweet bread”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "more likely borrowed from a Semitic source"
          },
          "expansion": "(more likely borrowed from a Semitic source)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Hittite: 𒃻𒆸𒊏𒆯𒆯 (ᴺᴵᴺᴰᴬKUR₄.RA KU₇-KU₇ /⁠mitgaimi-⁠/, “sweet bread”) (more likely borrowed from a Semitic source)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "akk",
            "2": "mutqûm",
            "alt": "𒃻𒈬𒌓𒆪𒌑",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "sweet bread",
            "tr": "mutqûm"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Akkadian: 𒃻𒈬𒌓𒆪𒌑 (mutqûm, “sweet bread”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "possibly"
          },
          "expansion": "(possibly)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Akkadian: 𒃻𒈬𒌓𒆪𒌑 (mutqûm, “sweet bread”) (possibly)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xlu",
            "2": "𒈪𒀉𒂵𒄿𒈪",
            "t": "sweet(ened)",
            "tr": "mi-it-ga-i-mi",
            "ts": "mitgaimi-",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Luwian: 𒈪𒀉𒂵𒄿𒈪 (mi-it-ga-i-mi /⁠mitgaimi-⁠/, “sweet(ened)”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Luwian: 𒈪𒀉𒂵𒄿𒈪 (mi-it-ga-i-mi /⁠mitgaimi-⁠/, “sweet(ened)”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xlu",
            "2": "-",
            "t": "wine"
          },
          "expansion": "Luwian: (“wine”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Luwian: (“wine”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xlu",
            "2": "𒈠𒀜𒁺",
            "sc": "Xsux",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "ma-ad-du",
            "ts": "máddu"
          },
          "expansion": "Cuneiform script: 𒈠𒀜𒁺 (ma-ad-du /⁠máddu⁠/)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cuneiform script: 𒈠𒀜𒁺 (ma-ad-du /⁠máddu⁠/)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xlu",
            "2": "𔒅𔕬𔑷",
            "sc": "Hluw",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "ma-tú-sà"
          },
          "expansion": "Anatolian hieroglyphic script: 𔒅𔕬𔑷 (ma-tú-sà)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Anatolian hieroglyphic script: 𔒅𔕬𔑷 (ma-tú-sà), 𔒅𔑢𔑷 (ma-tu-sà /⁠máddu-sa⁠/)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hyx-pro",
            "2": "",
            "alt": "*melu̍β̞i",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Proto-Armenian: *melu̍β̞i",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "< instr.pl. *medʰubʰi"
          },
          "expansion": "(< instr.pl. *medʰubʰi)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Proto-Armenian: *melu̍β̞i (< instr.pl. *medʰubʰi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "մեղու"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Armenian: մեղու (mełu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Armenian: մեղու (mełu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
            "2": "*médu"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *médu",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *médu (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-pro",
            "2": "*medu"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Celtic: *medu",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Celtic: *medu (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*meduz"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *meduz",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *meduz (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xhc",
            "2": "μέδος",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "beverage akin to mead",
            "tr": "médos",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Hunnic: μέδος (médos, “beverage akin to mead”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Hunnic: μέδος (médos, “beverage akin to mead”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-pro",
            "2": "*métʰu"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *métʰu",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *métʰu (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*mádʰu"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mádʰu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mádʰu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
            "2": "*mádʰu",
            "t": "honey"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mádʰu (“honey”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mádʰu (“honey”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "मधु",
            "tr": "mádhu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: मधु (mádhu)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: मधु (mádhu) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": "*mádu"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *mádu",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian: *mádu (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trk-pro",
            "2": "*bạl",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Proto-Turkic: *bạl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Proto-Turkic: *bạl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cau-nec-pro",
            "2": "*mHädwV",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "type of beverage; liquor"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Northeast Caucasian: *mHädwV (“type of beverage; liquor”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Northeast Caucasian: *mHädwV (“type of beverage; liquor”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-toc-pro",
            "2": "*ḿətə"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Tocharian: *ḿətə",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Tocharian: *ḿətə"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "txb",
            "2": "mīt"
          },
          "expansion": "Tocharian B: mīt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tocharian B: mīt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "och-lat",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Late Old Chinese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Late Old Chinese: 蜜 (mit) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oui",
            "2": "𐽹𐽶𐽾",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mir"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Uyghur: 𐽹𐽶𐽾 (mir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Uyghur: 𐽹𐽶𐽾 (mir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "urj-pro",
            "2": "*mete",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Uralic: *mete",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Uralic: *mete (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ett",
            "2": "𐌌𐌀𐌈𐌂𐌅𐌀",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "(honeyed) wine, sweet wine"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Etruscan: 𐌌𐌀𐌈𐌂𐌅𐌀 (maθcva, “(honeyed) wine, sweet wine”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Etruscan: 𐌌𐌀𐌈𐌂𐌅𐌀 (maθcva, “(honeyed) wine, sweet wine”)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sem-pro",
        "2": "*matḳ-",
        "t": "sweet"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *matḳ- (“sweet”)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "cau-nec-pro",
        "3": "*miʒʒV",
        "t": "sweet"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Northeast Caucasian *miʒʒV (“sweet”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly related to Proto-Semitic *matḳ- (“sweet”), one suggestion is a borrowing through Proto-Northeast Caucasian *miʒʒV (“sweet”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ine-decl-noun-n",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "médʰu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "médʰwih₁",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "médʰuh₂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "médʰu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "médʰwih₁",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "médʰuh₂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "médʰu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "médʰwih₁",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "médʰuh₂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰéws",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰéwoHom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰéws",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰúmos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰúbʰos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰéwey",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰúmos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰúbʰos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰéw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰéwi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰúsu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰúh₁",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰúmis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "m̥dʰúbʰis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "f2nolink": "1",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "head4": "",
        "head5": ""
      },
      "expansion": "*médʰu n",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "médʰu",
        "2": "m̥dʰéw",
        "ac": "proterokinetic"
      },
      "name": "ine-decl-noun-n"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/médʰu",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "ine-pro:Bees",
        "ine-pro:Foods"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "honey"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "honey",
          "honey"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*kn̥h₂ónks"
        },
        {
          "word": "*mélit"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ine-pro:Alcoholic beverages",
        "ine-pro:Zymurgy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "honey wine, mead"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "honey wine",
          "honey wine"
        ],
        [
          "mead",
          "mead"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Mate Kapović",
    "Nikolai Starostin",
    "de:Brian D. Joseph",
    "ru:Старостин, Георгий Сергеевич"
  ],
  "word": "médʰu"
}

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