Where does “milis” come from?

milis (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic *melissos, from Proto-Celtic meli, from Proto-Indo-European mélid — honey.

milis (Old Irish): sweet

Definitions

  1. sweet

Ancestry of “milis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*melissossweet
2Proto-Celticmelihoney
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmélidhoney

Words derived from “milis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélid →Every word from Proto-Celtic meli →Every word from Proto-Celtic *melissos →