Where does “mel” come from?

mel (Old Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic *mel, from Proto-Celtic meli, from Proto-Indo-European mélid — honey.

mel (Old Welsh): honey

Definitions

  1. honey

Ancestry of “mel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonic*mel—
2Proto-Celticmelihoney
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmélidhoney

Words derived from “mel”

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