hony
Middle English
/ˈhuniː/
noun
Definitions
- Honey fluid made from nectar
- Nectar; the secretion of flowers.
- (figurative) Something sweet or appealing.
- (rare) A term of affection, compare modern English honey.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English huniġ inherited from Proto-Germanic *hunagą inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks (golden, honey-colored).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kn̥h₂ónks
Gloss
golden, honey-colored
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- honey-sweet English
- honeycomb English
- honeyed English
- honeysuck English
- canicae Latin
- κνῆκος Ancient Greek
- *kn̥h₂onk-o-s Proto-Indo-European
- *kn̥h₂ónks Proto-Indo-European
- *hunagą Proto-Germanic
- hunig Old English
- hunigbære Old English
- hunigcamb Old English
- hunigsmæc Old English
- huniġ Old English
- huniġcamb Old English
- huniġsūce Old English
- कञ्चन Sanskrit
- comb Middle English
- honi, hony Middle English
- hony combe Middle English
- hony-swete Middle English
- honyed Middle English
- honyly Middle English
- honysoke Middle English
- honysokel Middle English
- souke Middle English
- swete Middle English
- *hunag Old Norse
- honag Old High German
- honeg Old High German
- honig Old Dutch
- huneg Old Saxon
- hunagh Old Swedish
- *kenagā Proto-Albanian