Tanım
•honey · resembling honey · beeswax
Etimoloji
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *mliɡ): phonetic 宓 (OC *mriɡ, *mliɡ) + semantic 虫 (“insect”). The original form is 𧖅. Possibly from Tocharian B mit, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey”). Cognate with English mead, Dutch mede (“mead”) German Met (“mead”), Swedish mjöd (“mead”), Sanskrit मधु (madhu, “honey”), Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, “wine”), Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”),…