Where does “medudrync” come from?

medudrync (Old English) comes from Old English medu, from Proto-West Germanic medu, from Proto-Germanic meduz, from Proto-Indo-European médʰu — honey; honey wine, mead.

medudrync (Old English): mead-drink

Definitions

  1. mead-drink

Ancestry of “medudrync”, step by step

medudrync traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English medu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmedumead
2Proto-West Germanicmedumead
3Proto-Germanicmeduzintoxicating drink; mead
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰuhoney; honey wine, mead

via Old English drynċ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdrynċdrink; draught
2Proto-West Germanic*drunki—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European médʰu →Every word from Proto-Germanic meduz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic medu →