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This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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.
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *médʰu.
Noun
*mádʰu n
- honey
- wine
Inflection
| neuter u-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*mádʰu
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*mádʰwiH
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*mádʰuH
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| vocative
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*mádʰu
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*mádʰwiH
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*mádʰuH
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| accusative
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*mádʰu
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*mádʰwiH
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*mádʰuH
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| instrumental
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*mádʰuH
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*mádʰubʰyā(m)
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*mádʰubʰiš
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| ablative
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*mádʰwas
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*mádʰubʰyā(m)
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*mádʰubʰyas
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| dative
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*mádʰaway
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*mádʰubʰyā(m)
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*mádʰubʰyas
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| genitive
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*mádʰwas
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*mádʰuwās
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*mádʰuHnaHam
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| locative
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*mádʰāw
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*mádʰuwaw
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*mádʰušu
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- *madʰurás (“sweet”)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *madʰurás
- Sanskrit: मधुर (madhurá) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Nuristani: *madurá
- Northern Nuristani:
- Kamkata-viri:
- Kamviri: múrë
- Kativiri: múr
- Southern Nuristani:
- Ashkun: murë́
- Waigali: murë
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mádʰu (“honey”)
- Sanskrit: मधु (mádhu) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *mádu (“honey, wine”) (see there for further descendants)