Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/métʰu
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This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; mead”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*métʰu n[1]
Inflection
[edit]| U-stem, neuter | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *métʰu | ||
| Genitive | *métʰwos | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | *métʰu | *métʰwe | *métʰwa |
| Vocative | *métʰu | *métʰwe | *métʰwa |
| Accusative | *métʰu | *métʰwe | *métʰwa |
| Genitive | *métʰwos | *métʰwoyyun | *métʰwōn |
| Dative | *métʰwei | *métʰwoyyun | *métʰupʰi |
| Locative | *métʰwi | ? | *métʰuhi |
| Instrumental | *métʰū | ? | *métʰupʰi |
Descendants
[edit]- Ancient Greek: μέθῠ (méthŭ) (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μέϑυ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 919