Where does “miyel” come from?

miyel (Tagalog) comes from Spanish miel, from Old Spanish miel, from Vulgar Latin *melem, from Latin mel, from Proto-Indo-European mélit — honey.

miyel (Tagalog): molasses

Definitions

  1. molasses

Ancestry of “miyel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmielhoney
2Old Spanishmielhoney
3Vulgar Latin*melem
4Latinmelhoney; sweetness, pleasantness; darling, sweet,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélitEvery word from Latin melEvery word from Vulgar Latin *melem