The Name and Taste of Indo-European Mead

Authors

  • Andrew Dalby Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28054

Keywords:

indo-european, mead, etymology, migration, historical linguistics, metaphor, tropes, poetic language, sweeteners, language variation

Abstract

The article takes an historical linguisitic approach to nailing down what might have gone into the original mead and what how it might have tasted.

Author Biography

  • Andrew Dalby, Independent Scholar

    Andrew Dalby is a familiar name to readers of PPC. His entries in the catalogue of Prospect Books are many, his range of interests is wide. He lives in Poitou.

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Published

2021-04-01

Issue

PPC 119 (2021)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Dalby, Andrew. 2021. “The Name and Taste of Indo-European Mead”. Petits Propos Culinaires, April, 107-16. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28054.