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Betekenis (Engels)

1. (uncountable, usually) An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
2. (US, uncountable, usually) A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbon dioxide.

Sinonieme

meadow

honey beer

hayfield

hydromel

lea

metheglin

pasturage

pasture

prairie

sima

dandelion wine

field

honey wine

grassland

Vertalings

hydromel

Met

aguamiel

idromele

mede

hidromel

aiguamel

υδρόμελι

hidromiel

hidromel

Honigwein

mee

hydromeli

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/miːd/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: mede

Geërf van Old English: medu

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: μέθυ

Verwante met Litaus: medùs

Verwante met Kerkslawies: медъ

Verwante met Persies: می

Verwante met Sanskrit: मधु

Verwante met Wallies: medd

Verwante met Fins: mesi

Verwante met Chinees: 蜜

Geërf van Old English: mǣd

Verwante met Fries: miede

Verwante met Nederlands: made

In summary

From Middle English mede, from Old English medu, from Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”).
Cognate with Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) (whence English methyl), Lithuanian medùs, Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), Persian می (mey), Sanskrit मधु (mádhu), Welsh medd, Finnish mesi, Chinese 蜜 (mì).