Where does “mieriu” come from?

mieriu (Romanian) comes from Romanian miere, from Vulgar Latin *melem, from Latin mel, from Proto-Indo-European mélit — honey.

mieriu (Romanian): honey-colored

Definitions

  1. honey-colored

Ancestry of “mieriu”, step by step

mieriu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian miere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmierehoney
2Vulgar Latin*melem—
3Latinmelhoney; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney

via Romanian mier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmierlight blue
2Latinmerussheer, undiluted, pure
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “mieriu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélit →Every word from Latin mel →Every word from Vulgar Latin *melem →