Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *melit-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: honey

Hittite: maliddu- (miliddu-) 'süß', milit- n. 'Honig' (Friedrich 134, 143)

Armenian: meɫr, gen. meɫu `Honig'

Old Greek: méli, -itos n. `Honig'; mélissa, att. -tta f. `Biene'

Germanic: *miliɵ- c., *mili-sk-a- adj.

Latin: mel, gen. mellis n. `Honig', mella f. `Honigwasser'; mulsus, -a `mit Honig angemacht od. gesotten; honigsüss', mulsum n. `Weinmet', mulsa f. `Wassermet'

Celtic: OIr mil `Honig'; Cymr mel `Honig', Corn mel `Honig', Bret mel `Honig'

Albanian: mjal', mjal'tɛ Honig

Russ. meaning: мед

References: WP II 296