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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mili
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
- Middle English: melsche, molsh
- Old English: milisc, melsc