Meadow
Old English mǣdwe, oblique case of mǣd (see mead2), from the Germanic base of mow1.
wiktionary
From Middle English medowe, medewe, medwe (also mede > Modern English mead), from Old English mǣdwe, inflected form of mǣd (see mead), from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō (compare West Frisian miede, dialectal Dutch made, dialectal German Matte(“mountain pasture”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂met-(“to mow, reap”) (compare Welsh medi, Latin metere, Ancient Greek ἄμητος(ámētos, “reaping”)), enlargement of *h₂meh₁-. More at mow.
etymonline
meadow (n.)
Old English mædwe "low, level tract of land under grass; pasture," originally "land covered in grass which is mown for hay;" oblique case of mæd "meadow, pasture," from Proto-Germanic *medwo (source also of Old Frisian mede, Dutch made, German Matte "meadow," Old English mæþ "harvest, crop"), from PIE *metwa- "a mown field," from root *me- (4) "to cut down grass or grain." Meadow-grass is from late 13c.
