Medovukha (russian: медову́ха, tr. medovúxa, ipa: [mʲɪdɐˈvuxə]; ukrainian: меду́ха, romanized: medúxa, ipa: [meˈduxɐ]; belarusian: мяду́ха, медаву́ха, romanized: miadúxa, miedavúxa, ipa: [mʲaˈduxa], [mʲɛdaˈvuxa]) is a slavic honey-based alcoholic beverage very similar to mead, but it is made much faster (approx. 1 month of fermentation). these two words are related and go back to the proto-indo-european *médʰu (honey). known in eastern europe since pagan times, it remained popular well into the 19th century (unlike in western europe, where by the middle ages mead had already been mostly replaced by wine and beer).

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