Where does “mēd” come from?

mēd (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic miʀdu, from Proto-Germanic mizdō, from Proto-Indo-European misdʰós, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

mēd (Old English): reward, meed, recompense

Definitions

  1. reward, meed, recompense

Ancestry of “mēd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicmiʀdureward
2Proto-Germanicmizdōreward
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmisdʰósreward, prize; wages, payment
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “mēd”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European misdʰós →Every word from Proto-Germanic mizdō →