Where does “Met” come from?

Met (German) comes from Old High German metu, from Proto-West Germanic medu, from Proto-Germanic meduz, from Proto-Indo-European médʰu — honey; honey wine, mead.

Met (German): mead

Definitions

  1. mead

Ancestry of “Met”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanmetumead
2Proto-West Germanicmedumead
3Proto-Germanicmeduzintoxicating drink; mead
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰuhoney; honey wine, mead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European médʰu →Every word from Proto-Germanic meduz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic medu →