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Proto-Indo-European
Noun
*mélit n [ 1] [ 2]
honey
Inflection
Athematic, amphikinetic
singular
nominative
*mélit
genitive
*mlités
singular
dual
plural
nominative
*mélit
—
—
vocative
*mélit
—
—
accusative
*mélit
—
—
genitive
*mlités
—
—
ablative
*mlités
—
—
dative
*mlitéy
—
—
locative
*mélit , *méliti
—
—
instrumental
*mlitéh₁
—
—
Synonyms
Descendants
Proto-Albanian: *melita
Anatolian:
Hittite: [script needed] ( militt- ) / [script needed] ( malitt- )
Luwian: [script needed] ( mallit- )
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 )
Italic:
Latin: mel (see there for further descendants )
References
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013 ) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11 ), Leiden, Boston: Brill , →ISBN
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008 ) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1] , Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN