Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mélit

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Noun

*mélit n

1. 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

• *mélid

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)
• Proto-Hellenic: *méli
  • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀕𐀪 (me-ri)
  • Ancient Greek: μέλῐ (mélĭ)
• Proto-Italic: *meli
  • Latin: mel (see there for further descendants)
• →? Proto-Turkic: *bal