Where does “melyster” come from?

melyster (Welsh) comes from Welsh -ter, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

melyster (Welsh): sweetness, sweet or delicious taste; sweet food...

Definitions

  1. sweetness, sweet or delicious taste; sweet food...

Ancestry of “melyster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welsh-ter-ness, -ment
2Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -terosEvery word from Welsh -ter
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