Where does “mel” come from?

mel (Cornish) comes from Proto-Celtic meli, from Proto-Indo-European mélid — honey.

mel (Cornish): honey

Definitions

  1. honey

Ancestry of “mel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticmelihoney
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmélidhoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélid →Every word from Proto-Celtic meli →