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tkowal
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Mead

Postby tkowal » Sun Apr 12, 2020 10:00 am

Mead: alcoholic drink made out of honey, used to be very popular in Eastern Europe. Certainly related to the Slavic word for honey: med (or myed) in Russian, miód in Polish. I guess the word used in Romance languages might also be related: miel in French and Spanish, mel in Portuguese.
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Re: Mead

Postby Slava » Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:51 am

With meadow, meliphagous, and mellifluous all being done, it would be nice to see how this one ties in. Anyone else?
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Re: Mead

Postby Grogie » Mon Dec 21, 2020 11:43 am

I,m guessing they all come from ''meli'' the Greek word for honey.
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