מעד
דער
'mead'

ETYMOLOGY

Sanskrit mádhu, Greek μέθυ, Old Church Slavonic medŭ
{Burrow 69}
{Is the Yiddish form with /d/ from German or Slavic? Ukrainian has /med/ as well as /mid/, while others have forms like Polish miód. Perhaps a synthesis of both German and Slavic.]

WESTERN

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

meˑd {?פֿון צוועבן} 'from raisins' {WTCP, Vác, 47197}

meːd {אַזאַ שטאַרקער ווײַן, פֿון טרויבן} {WTCP, Berettyó-Újfalu, 47212}

CENTRAL

mejt {האָניק מיט האָפּן} {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

mɛd, med {האָניק מיט האָפּן, ווײַבער צום סדר} {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}