Etymology, Serbian, Medved
Slavic Bear, photos from Verbena Lafleur. Etymology From Proto-Slavic *medvědь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *medu-ēdis, equivalent to *medъ (“honey”) + *(j)ěsti (“to eat”), hence literally the epithet “honey-eater”. Cognate with Sanskrit मध्वद् (madhv-ád-, “eating sweetness”)…