Where does “melin” come from?

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

Ancestry of “melin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicmelino—
2Proto-Celticmelihoney
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmélidhoney

Words derived from “melin”

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