Where does “honig” come from?
honig (Dutch) comes from Dutch honing, from Middle Dutch honinch, from Old Dutch honing, from Proto-Germanic hunangą, from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂onk-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂ónks — honey.
honig (Dutch): archaic form of honing
Ancestry of “honig”, step by step