mejdo

Sudovian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *medjas, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”). Compare Lithuanian mẽdis (“tree”),[1] Latvian mežs (“forest”), Old Prussian median (“forest”).[2]

Noun

mejdo

  1. (botany) tree
    • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 10, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
      drzewo — mejdo
      drzewo — tree

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle High German mait, cf. German Maid (“girl, maiden”).[3]

Noun

mejdo

  1. girl
    • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 46, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
      dziewczyna — mejdo
      dziewczyna — girl

References
  1. Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, number 1, page 76: “mejdo ‘medis, l. drzewo’ 10.”
  2. “mẽdis” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. s. mejdo Baum”.
  3. Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, number 1, page 76: “mejdo ‘mergina, l. dziewczyna’ 46.”
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