Reconstruction talk:Proto-Indo-European/mélit
Add topicLatest comment: 2 months ago by Eirikr in topic Derivation?
Derivation?
[edit]Per the etymology at Latin mel (“honey”), this is PIE *mel- (unexplained) + athematic suffix *-it (indicating a food).
If that is correct, what is this *mel- component? Is it Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, to crush”)? If so, does anyone postulate how such a sense arose? Honey cannot be ground. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 22:57, 21 November 2024 (UTC)