Proto-Indo-European
Noun
*mélit n [ 1] [ 2]
honey
Synonyms: *kn̥h₂ónks , *médʰu
Inflection
Athematic, amphikinetic
singular
nominative
*mélit
genitive
*m̥lités
singular
dual
plural
nominative
*mélit
—
—
vocative
*mélit
—
—
accusative
*mélit
—
—
genitive
*m̥lités
—
—
ablative
*m̥lités
—
—
dative
*m̥litéy
—
—
locative
*mélit , *méliti
—
—
instrumental
*m̥litéh₁
—
—
Alternative reconstructions
Descendants
Proto-Albanian: *melita (see there for further descendants )
Anatolian:
Hittite: [script needed] ( militt- ) / [script needed] ( malitt- )
Luwian: [script needed] ( mallit- )
Palaic: [script needed] ( mallitanna- )
Armenian:
Old Armenian: մեղր ( mełr )
Old Armenian: մեղու ( mełu , “ bee ” )
Proto-Celtic: *meli (see there for further descendants )
Proto-Germanic: *mili (see there for further descendants )
Hellenic:
Ancient Greek: μέλι ( méli ) (see there for further descendants )
Proto-Italic: *meli
Latin: mel (see there for further descendants )
→ ? Proto-Turkic: *bal
References
^ Guus Kroonen (2013 ) Alexander Lubotsky , editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11 )[1] , Leiden, Boston: Brill , →ISBN
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008 ) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[2] , Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Ringe, Donald (2006 ) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[3] , Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN , page 127