Where does “μελίλιχια” come from?

μελίλιχια (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- — to lick.

Ancestry of “μελίλιχια”, step by step

μελίλιχια traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵʰ-to lick

via Proto-Indo-European mélit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney

Words derived from “μελίλιχια”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- →