Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/métʰu
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; mead”).
Noun edit
*métʰu n[1]
Inflection edit
| U-stem, neuter | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *métʰu | ||
| Genitive | *métʰwos | ||
| 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 edit
- Ancient Greek: μέθῠ (méthu) (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- ^ 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