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Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

mede

mee

honingdrank

Synoniemen

meadow

honey beer

hayfield

hydromel

lea

metheglin

pasturage

pasture

prairie

sima

dandelion wine

field

honey wine

grassland

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/miːd/

Etymologie (Engels)

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), Lithuanian medùs, Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), Persian می (mey), Sanskrit मधु (mádhu), Welsh medd, Finnish mesi, Chinese 蜜 (mì).