Where does “melyn” come from?

melyn (Welsh) comes from Middle Welsh melyn, from Old Welsh melin, from Proto-Brythonic melino, from Proto-Celtic meli, from Proto-Indo-European mélid — honey.

melyn (Welsh): yellow

Definitions

  1. yellow

Ancestry of “melyn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Welshmelyn—
2Old Welshmelin—
3Proto-Brythonicmelino—
4Proto-Celticmelihoney
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmélidhoney

Words derived from “melyn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélid →Every word from Proto-Celtic meli →Every word from Proto-Brythonic melino →