Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/medu

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *meduz.

Noun

*medu m

1. mead

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*medu
Genitive	*medō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*medu	*midiwi, *medō
Accusative	*medu	*medū
Genitive	*medō	*midiwō
Dative	*midiwi, *medō	*medum
Instrumental	*medu	*medum

Descendants

• Old English: medu, medo, meodo, meodu
  • Middle English: mede, methe (influenced by Old Norse mjǫðr)
    • English: mead
    • Scots: mede, meid
• Old Frisian: mede
  • Saterland Frisian: Meede
  • West Frisian: mea
• Old Saxon: medu
  • Middle Low German: mēde, medde
    • Low German: Mia (Westphalian dialects)
• Old Dutch: *medu
  • Middle Dutch: mēde, meede, mee
    • Dutch: mede, mee
• Old High German: metu
  • Middle High German: mete, met
    • German: Met