Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mili

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mili.

Noun

*mili

1. honey

   Synonym: *hunag

Inflection

The term is attested only as a modifier in compounds; the original inflection is unknown. If the original Proto-Germanic and Proto-Indo-European inflection was preserved, the stem was *milid- and inflected with consonant stem endings.

Derived terms

• *milidauw
• *milisk
  • Old English: milisċ, melsċ
    • Middle English: melsche, molsh
      • English: mulch
    • ⇒ Old English: milesċian