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English: M
mead
drink of fermented honey; meadow Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English mead
Sanskrit dh and Greek th are the old breathy dh. English and Lithuanian lost the breath and kept a plain d. In Greek, methy came to mean wine.
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mere
lake, pond Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English mere
Almost no change: the m and r held steady. A mere is a small lake; Latin mare, Irish muir and Russian more mean the sea.
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mid
middle Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English mid
Sanskrit madhya has the old breathy dh, which lost its breath in Latin and English (d). Greek changed the middle sound into s.
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milk
white liquid made by female mammals Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English milk
The Latin and Greek words mean "to milk." g became k in English.
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moon
the earth's satellite Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English moon
The m and n held steady everywhere; German added a d (Mond). The moon was named the measurer of months.
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moss
small green plant growing in mats Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English moss
The m and s held steady. Latin muscus has an extra c, and Russian mokh has a kh in its place.
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mother
female parent Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English mother
The m held steady. Old English said mōdor, with a d; the th came in around 1500, as it did in father.
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mouse
small rodent Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English mouse
Almost no change in four thousand years, apart from the vowel.
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