Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/meli

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mélid (“honey”).[1]

Noun

*meli n

honey

Declension

Neuter i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*meli	*melī	*melyā
vocative	*meli	*melī	*melyā
accusative	*meli	*melī	*melyā
genitive	*melois	*melois	*melyom
dative	*melei	*melibom	*melibos
locative	*melei	*?	*?
instrumental	*melī	*melibim	*melibis

Derived terms

*melinos (“yellow”)
- Proto-Brythonic: *melɨn
  - Breton: melen
  - Cornish: melyn
  - Old Welsh: melin
    - Middle Welsh: melyn
      - Welsh: melyn
*melissis (“sweet”)
- Old Irish: milis
  - Irish: milis
  - Scottish Gaelic: milis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *mel
- Breton: mel
- Cornish: mel
- Welsh: mêl
Old Irish: mil
- Middle Irish: mil
  - Irish: mil
  - Scottish Gaelic: mil
  - Manx: mill

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 263

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[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 263