Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mili

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

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: milisc, melsc
  - Middle English: melsche, molsh
    - English: mulch
  - ⇒ Old English: milescian

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