Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/medu

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.

Noun

*medu n

1. mead

Inflection

Neuter u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*medu	*medū	*medwā
vocative	*medu	*medū	*medwā
accusative	*medu	*medū	*medwā
genitive	*medous	*medous	*medowom
dative	*medou	*medubom	*medubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*medū	*medubim	*medubis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *með
  • Middle Breton: mez
    • Breton: mez
  • Cornish: medh
  • Middle Welsh: medd
    • Welsh: medd
• Primitive Irish: *ᚋᚓᚇᚒ (*medu)
  • Old Irish: mid
    • Middle Irish: mid
      • Irish: meá
      • Scottish Gaelic: meadh
• Gaulish: medu