Where does “melsc” come from?

melsc (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic mili, from Proto-Indo-European mélit — honey.

Ancestry of “melsc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmilihoney
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney

Words derived from “melsc

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélitEvery word from Proto-Germanic mili
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