Where does “meden” come from?

meden (Middle English) comes from Middle English mede, from Old English mǣd, from Proto-West Germanic *mādu, from Proto-Germanic mēdwō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂meh₁- — to mow, reap.

meden (Middle English): to reward, gift

Definitions

  1. to reward, gift

Ancestry of “meden”, step by step

meden traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English mede

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmedereward, meed, recompense
2Old Englishmǣdmead, meadow, pasture
3Proto-West Germanic*mādumeadow, clearing
4Proto-Germanicmēdwōmeadow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂meh₁-to mow, reap

via Old English mēdian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmēdianto reward, bribe
2Proto-Germanicmizdōnąto meed
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmisdʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mēdwō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *mādu →