Where does “mjalcë” come from?

mjalcë (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian melitjā, from Proto-Albanian melita, from Proto-Indo-European mélit — honey.

mjalcë (Albanian): bee; nectar

Definitions

  1. bee; nectar

Ancestry of “mjalcë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianmelitjā—
2Proto-Albanianmelitahoney
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélit →Every word from Proto-Albanian melita →Every word from Proto-Albanian melitjā →