Where does “honycomb” come from?

honycomb (Middle English) comes from Old English huniġcamb, 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.

honycomb (Middle English): A honeycomb mainly as food

Definitions

  1. A honeycomb mainly as food

Ancestry of “honycomb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhuniġcambhoneycomb
2Old Englishhuniġhoney
3Proto-West Germanichunaghoney
4Proto-Germanic*hunagą—
5Proto-GermanichunangąAlternative form of *hunagą
6Proto-Indo-Europeankn̥h₂onk-o-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankn̥h₂ónkshoney

Words derived from “honycomb”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂ónks →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂onk-o-s →Every word from Proto-Germanic hunangą →