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Where does “mesi” come from?

mesi (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic meci, from Proto-Uralic mete, from Proto-Indo-European médʰu — honey; honey wine, mead.

mesi (Estonian): honey

Definitions

  1. honey

Ancestry of “mesi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicmecihoney
2Proto-Uralicmetehoney
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰuhoney; honey wine, mead

Words derived from “mesi”

  • mesilane
  • mesila
  • mesitaru
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