Where does “melenaat” come from?

melenaat (Breton) comes from Breton melen, from Proto-Celtic melinos, from Proto-Celtic meli, from Proto-Indo-European mélid — honey.

melenaat (Breton): to become yellow

Definitions

  1. to become yellow

Ancestry of “melenaat”, step by step

melenaat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Breton melen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bretonmelenyellow
2Proto-Celticmelinosyellow
3Proto-Celticmelihoney
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmélidhoney

via Breton aat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bretonaat—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélid →Every word from Proto-Celtic meli →Every word from Proto-Celtic melinos →