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Where does “medusetl” come from?

medusetl (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.

medusetl (Old English): mead-seat, mead-bench

Definitions

  1. mead-seat, mead-bench

Ancestry of “medusetl”, step by step

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