mêl
Welsh (Colloquial)
/meːl/
noun
Definitions
- honey
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Celtic *meli (honey) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mélid (honey).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mélid
Gloss
honey
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
蜜
Emoji
🍯
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *melem Latin
- larix Latin
- mel Latin
- mellem Latin
- *melh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *mélid Proto-Indo-European
- gwenyn Welsh
- gwenyn mêl Welsh
- mela Welsh
- melyn Welsh
- melyngoch Welsh
- penfelyn Welsh
- mil Old Irish
- mil Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- seillean-mil Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *meli Proto-Celtic
- *melli Proto-Italic
- mel Breton
- mel Cornish
- *melino Proto-Brythonic
- melyn Middle Welsh
- *meɫ(i) Proto-Armenian
- 𒈠𒀠𒇷 Luwian