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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mélit

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Noun

*mélit n [1][2]

  1. honey

Inflection
Athematic, amphikinetic
singular
nominative *mélit
genitive *mlités
singular dual plural
nominative *mélit — —
vocative *mélit — —
accusative *mélit — —
genitive *mlités — —
ablative *mlités — —
dative *mlitéy — —
locative *mélit, *méliti — —
instrumental *mlitéh₁ — —

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Albanian: *melita
  • Anatolian:
    • Hittite: [script needed] (militt-) / [script needed] (malitt-)
    • Luwian: [script needed] (mallit-)
  • Armenian:
  • Celtic: *meli (see there for further descendants)
  • Germanic: *mili (see there for further descendants)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: μέλι (méli) (see there for further descendants)
  • Italic:
    • Latin: mel (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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