From Old Norsemeð(“with, along with”), from Proto-Germanic*midi(“with, by, through; along, together”), from Proto-Indo-European*meth₂, from *me(“in the middle of, near, by, around, with”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /meː/
Preposition
med
with
by
med båt / tog - by boat / train
of
fat med olje - barrel of oil
Derived terms
References
“med” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norsemeð.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /meː/
Homophone: me
Preposition
med
with (in the company of)
by
med båt / tog - by boat / train
of
fat med olje - barrel of oil
Derived terms
References
“med” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic*mȅdъ
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (13th CE)/ˈmɛd/
IPA(key): (15th CE)/ˈmɛt/
Noun
medm inan
honey
Declension
Descendants
Czech: med
Further reading
Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “med”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Old English
Alternative forms
meord
ᛗᛖᛞᚢ(medu) — Runic
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic*miʀdu.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /meːd/
Noun
mēdf
reward
5th century, Undley bracteate
Declension
Descendants
Middle English: mede, meede
English: meed
Scots: med
Polabian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic*medъ.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mɛt/
Noun
medm ? (genitive singularmedai)
honey
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchMède.
Noun
medm (pluralmezi)
Mede
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic*mȅdъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic*médu, from Proto-Indo-European*médʰu.
Cognate with Englishmead, GermanMet, Ancient Greekμέθυ(méthu, “wine”) (whence Englishmethylene, methane, Greekμέθη(méthi, “drunkness”)), Hindiमधु(madhu, “honey”) or Urduمدھو(“honey”), Persianمی(“wine”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mêːd/
Noun
mȇdm (Cyrillic spellingме̑д)
honey
teče med i mleko iz usta - milk and honey floats from his mouth
“med”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic*meďu
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mɛt/
Preposition
med
(with instrumental) between (stationary)
(with accusative) between (motion towards)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic*mȅdъ
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /méːt/
Noun
mẹ̑dm inan
honey
Inflection
Etymology 3
From Proto-Slavic*mědь.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /méːt/
Noun
mẹ̑df
brass
Inflection
Further reading
“med”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Swedishmæþ, from Old Norsemeð, from Proto-Germanic*midi.