Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/métʰu

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; mead”).[1]

Noun

*métʰu n[1]

  1. intoxicating drink
  2. mead

Inflection

U-stem, neuter
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

  • Ancient Greek: μέθῠ (méthŭ) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 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
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