Where does “hony-swete” come from?

hony-swete (Middle English) comes 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.

hony-swete (Middle English): being sweet, appealing or delicious like honey

Definitions

  1. being sweet, appealing or delicious like honey

Ancestry of “hony-swete”, step by step

hony-swete traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English hony

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishhonyHoney; Nectar; the secretion of flowers;...
2Old Englishhuniġhoney
3Proto-West Germanichunaghoney
4Proto-Germanic*hunagą—
5Proto-GermanichunangąAlternative form of *hunagą
6Proto-Indo-Europeankn̥h₂onk-o-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankn̥h₂ónkshoney

via Middle English swete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishswetesweet, pleasant-tasting; sweet in smell;...
2Old Englishswētesweet
3Proto-West Germanicswōtīsweet
4Proto-Germanicswōtuzsweet
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéh₂dussweet
6Proto-Indo-Europeansweh₂d-sweet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂ónks →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂onk-o-s →Every word from Proto-Germanic hunangą →