Where does “mjedwjedź” come from?

mjedwjedź (Upper Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic medvědь, from Proto-Slavic medu-ēdis.

mjedwjedź (Upper Sorbian): bear

Definitions

  1. bear

Ancestry of “mjedwjedź”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmedvědьbear
2Proto-Slavicmedu-ēdis—
Every word from Proto-Slavic medu-ēdis →Every word from Proto-Slavic medvědь →