Where does “mêl” come from?

mêl (Romansch) comes from Latin mel, from Proto-Indo-European mélit — honey.

mêl (Romansch): honey

Definitions

  1. honey

Ancestry of “mêl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmelhoney; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélit →Every word from Latin mel →