Reconstruction:Primitive Irish/ᚋᚓᚇᚒ

This Primitive Irish 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.

Primitive Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *medu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.

Noun

*ᚋᚓᚇᚒ (*medu) n (u-stem)

1. mead

Derived terms

• ᚋᚓᚇᚇᚑᚌᚓᚅᚔ (meddogeni, male given name, gen. sg., literally “mead-born”)
  • Old Irish: Midgen
• ᚋᚓᚇᚃᚃᚔ (medvvi, male given name, gen. sg., literally “meady”)
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: Medb f
    • Irish: Méabh, Meadhbh, Méadhbh (superseded), Méibh
      • → English: Maeve

Descendants

• Old Irish: mid
  • Middle Irish: mid
    • Irish: meá
    • Scottish Gaelic: meadh