Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mélit

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Proto-Indo-European

Noun

*mélit n

  1. honey
    Synonyms: *kn̥h₂ónks, *médʰu

Inflection

Athematic, amphikinetic
singular
nominative *mélit
genitive *m̥lités
singular dual plural
nominative *mélit — —
vocative *mélit — —
accusative *mélit — —
genitive *m̥lités — —
ablative *m̥lités — —
dative *m̥litéy — —
locative *mélit, *méliti — —
instrumental *m̥litéh₁ — —

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Proto-Albanian: *melita (see there for further descendants)
  • Anatolian:
    • Hittite: (militt-) / (malitt-)
    • Luwian: (mallit-)
    • Palaic: (mallitanna-)
  • Armenian:
  • Proto-Celtic: *meli (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *mili (see there for further descendants)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: μέλι (méli) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *meli
    • Latin: mel (see there for further descendants)
  • →? Proto-Turkic: *bal

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  3. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127
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