meed

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 294 words | Copyright

meed † wages, hire OE.; reward, guerdon XIV. OE. mēd = OS. mēda, mieda, OHG. mēta, mieta (G. miete):- WGmc. *mēda, rel. to OE. meord, Goth. mizdō reward; the IE. base *mizdh- is repr. also by Gr. misthós, OSl. mĭzda, Skr. mīhá- reward.

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