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Where does “*mel” come from?

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

Ancestry of “*mel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticmelihoney
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmélidhoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélid →