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—and Anahjsis of Gaelic Compound Words. 2718. Indo-Europ. madhu (honey, mead). Cf. Fick's Wort., i. 170.With madha is connected 0. Gael, med, gen. meda (mead), aI'-stem = *medu, W. mediv (ehrius), 0. Gael, mesce (drunkenness)= *med-ca, mescc (drunk).The following words are related:Skr. madhu (.something sweet, sweet drink, honey) tiiddlnis(sweet), Zend madhu (honey) ; Gr. /jiidv (wine), /xeOvw (am drunk),lue6v(7K0} (make drunk), /utdrj (drunkenness) ; O. S. medo andO. H. G. metu (mead), Ger. meth (mead), Dut. mede, Eng. mead;Ch.-Slav. medu (honey), Lith. 7nidus (honey). Cf. Curt. Gr.Etym., p. 260.19. Indo-Europ. inadhia (middle). Cf. Fick's Wort. i. 170.With vutdhia are connected O. Gael, meddn (middle), nowoneadhon, medonda (medius).Connected with the same root are Skr. madhja-s and Zendmaidhya (middle), Skr. madhja-ma-s and Zend, madh-ema (midmost);Gr. /jLetraro? for /ued-jo-? (middle), ^e(ro--»;7J-[s] (between);Lat. medius (middle), di-midius (half) ; Goth, midji-s (middle),viid-uma (middle), Ger. tnitte, A. S. midd, Eng. mid and middle ;Ch.-Slav. me'.da (middle), &c. Cf Curt. Gr. Etym., p. 334.20. Europ. root malg (to milk) = root marg (to rub, to stroke).Cf Fick's Wort. i. 720.To this root belong O. Gael. nu-Jg (milk), du-o-malgg (mulsi),ho-mlacht = ho- (cow) and mlacht = inluch-t (milk), blighini (Imilk), hleg-ar (mulgetur), blich-t for mlich-t.To the same root belong Gr. root fxeXy, ufieXyw (I milk), a/neXfif(milking), a/xoXyev^ (milk-pail); Lat. mulgeo (I milk), muletus(milked), mulc-tra (milking-pail) ; 0. H. G. milchii, Ger. milch,A. S. melcan (to milk), meolc (milk), Eng. milk ; Ch. Slav, rtdtiz-a(mulgeo), Lith. melzu (stroke, milk), &c. Cf Curt. Gr. Etym., 18321. Indo-Europ. sama (the same, the like). Cf Fick's Wort,i. 222.To sama '^ belong 0. Gael, samail (likeness, image, now savihail)= *samali, amul (a.s, like as, now amhail) with loss ofinitial s, sandid (so). Mod. Gael samladh (appearance), 0. Gael.co-smail (like, similis) = * co-sam,ali, &c.To the same root belong Skr. sama-m, samd, sama-jd (together),sama-s (same, similis), Zend, hama (the same, the like); Gr. a/ua(at the same time), o/no^ (united), 6)xoi> (together), o/moios (like),&:c. ;Lat. similis (like), sinivl (together, at once), simultas (acoming together),siniifZo (I imitate) ; Goth, sama (the same, idem),