Where does “melen” come from?

melen (Romansch) comes from Proto-Celtic melinos, from Proto-Celtic meli, from Proto-Indo-European mélid — honey.

melen (Romansch): yellow

Definitions

  1. yellow

Ancestry of “melen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticmelinosyellow
2Proto-Celticmelihoney
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmélidhoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélid →Every word from Proto-Celtic meli →Every word from Proto-Celtic melinos →
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