Where does “honeylike” come from?

honeylike (English) comes from English honey, from Middle English hony, from Old English huniġ, from Proto-West Germanic hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą, from Proto-Germanic hunangą, from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂onk-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂ónks — honey.

honeylike (English): Like honey in taste, texture, or appearance

Definitions

  1. Like honey in taste, texture, or appearance

Ancestry of “honeylike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhoneyA viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar...
2Middle EnglishhonyHoney; Nectar; the secretion of flowers;...
3Old Englishhuniġhoney
4Proto-West Germanichunaghoney
5Proto-Germanic*hunagą
6Proto-GermanichunangąAlternative form of *hunagą
7Proto-Indo-Europeankn̥h₂onk-o-s
8Proto-Indo-Europeankn̥h₂ónkshoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂ónksEvery word from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂onk-o-sEvery word from Proto-Germanic hunangą
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