meed

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (archaic, literary) A payment or recompense made for services rendered or in recognition of some achievement; reward; award.
2. A gift; bribe.
3. (dated) Merit; worth.

Verb

1. (transitive) To reward; bribe.
2. (transitive) To deserve; merit.

Sinonieme

reward

premium

prise

prize

recompense

carrot

🥕

guerdon

award

Vertalings

salario

💸

ricompensa

Lohn

loon

prijs

gratificación

premio

galardón

recompensa al mérito

hak

mükafat

الجائزة

ödül

βραβείο

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/miːd/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: meede

Geërf van Old English: mēd

Verwante met Nederlands: miede

Verwante met Nederduits: mede

Verwante met Duits: Miete

Verwante met Goties: 𐌼𐌹𐌶𐌳𐍉

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: μισθός

Verwante met Kerkslawies: мьзда

Verwante met Sanskrit: मीळ्ह

Verwante met Sanskrit: मीढ

Verwante met Avestan: 𐬨𐬍𐬲𐬛𐬀

Geërf van Middle English: meden

Geërf van Old English: *mēdian

Verwante met Duits: mieten

In summary

From Middle English meede, mede, from Old English mēd, meord, meard, meorþ (“meed, reward, pay, price, compensation, bribe”), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀdu, from Proto-Germanic *mizdō (“meed”), from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰéh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange”).
Cognate with obsolete Dutch miede (“wages”), Low German Meed (“rent”), German Miete (“rent”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌶𐌳𐍉 (mizdō, “meed, reward, payment, recompense”); further Ancient Greek μισθός (misthós, “wage”), Old Church Slavonic мьзда (mĭzda, “reward”), Sanskrit मीळ्ह (mīḷhá), Sanskrit मीढ (mīḍhá), Avestan 𐬨𐬍𐬲𐬛𐬀 (mīžda).