{"id":3421,"date":"2018-10-15T12:09:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T11:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=3421"},"modified":"2024-02-23T21:44:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T21:44:16","slug":"honey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2018\/10\/15\/honey\/","title":{"rendered":"Honey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Words for <strong>honey<\/strong> in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/47515486@N05\/53440707284\/in\/photolist-2dYawHK-2pqpt6V-2pqnAqU-2nnTSnq-2nmMUjs-bVVMB5-7LSK5p-2nmMUj2-qZscny-5g1xmj-4SsEwr-2hto4wu-2nmKtmJ-6JMBn-2nmKme5-2nmGuR3-2no2HZW-2nmMUnd-2nmKtpV-2nmKmeW-bDKnmi-otwp7-9KttrD-7zsiem-cTgoow-2oXU47e-2oXYa5f-2oXZwTY-2oXU46s-2oXX617\" title=\"Deryl shop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53440707284_04578b6031_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"288\" alt=\"Deryl shop\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*meli(t)<\/strong> = honey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mil<\/strong> = honey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mil, mel<\/strong> = honey<br \/>\n<strong>criathar mela<\/strong> = honeycomb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mil<\/strong> [m\u02b2\u026al\u02b2] = honey<br \/>\n<strong>militeach<\/strong> = honey-eating<br \/>\n<strong>mili\u00fail<\/strong> = honey-like, honeyed<br \/>\n<strong>beach mheala<\/strong> = honey bee<br \/>\n<strong>blas meala<\/strong> = taste of honey, delicious taste<br \/>\n<strong>briathra meala<\/strong> = honeyed words<br \/>\n<strong>broc meala<\/strong> = honey badger<br \/>\n<strong>ceo meala<\/strong> = honey dew<br \/>\n<strong>c\u00edor mheala<\/strong> = honeycomb<br \/>\n<strong>l\u00e1 meala<\/strong> = delightful day<br \/>\n<strong>m\u00ed na meala <\/strong> = honeymoon<br \/>\n<strong>chomh milis le m\u00edl<\/strong> = as sweet as honey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mil<\/strong> [mil] = honey<br \/>\n<strong>mil an fhraoich<\/strong> = heather honey<br \/>\n<strong>mil-dheoch<\/strong> = mead<br \/>\n<strong>mil air do bheul!<\/strong> = that\u2019s wonderful\/excellent news! (\u201choney on your mouth\u201d)<br \/>\n<strong>teillean-meala<\/strong> = honey bee<br \/>\n<strong>cho milis ris an t-si\u00f9car \/ cho milis ris a&#8217; mhil<\/strong> = as sweet as honey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mil<\/strong> [m\u026al] = honey<br \/>\n<strong>mill freoaie<\/strong> = heather honey<br \/>\n<strong>mill kerey<\/strong> = comb honey<br \/>\n<strong>mill freoaie<\/strong> = heather honey<br \/>\n<strong>cha millish as mill<\/strong> = as sweet as honey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>mel<\/strong> = honey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Welsh (Kembraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mel<\/strong> = honey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mel, m\u00eal<\/strong> = honey<br \/>\n<strong>meledic<\/strong> = sweetened with honey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>m\u00eal<\/strong> [me\u02d0l] = honey, nectar<br \/>\n<strong>m\u00eal ar ei frechdan\/fara<\/strong> = source of pleasure (\u201choney on his sandwich\/bread\u201d)<br \/>\n<strong>m\u00eal ar ei fysedd<\/strong> = schadenfreude (\u201choney on his fingers\u201d)<br \/>\n<strong>m\u00eal grug<\/strong> = heather honey<br \/>\n<strong>m\u00eal gwyllt<\/strong> = wild honey<br \/>\n<strong>dil m\u00eal<\/strong> = honeycomb<br \/>\n<strong>gwenynen m\u00eal<\/strong> = honey bee<br \/>\n<strong>mis m\u00eal, melfis<\/strong> = honeymoon<br \/>\n<strong>melaf, mela, melu<\/strong> = to gather nectar to make honey, to sweeten (with honey)<br \/>\n<strong>melaidd<\/strong> = sweet, honey-like<br \/>\n<strong>meledig<\/strong> = sweetened with honey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Cornish<\/th>\n<td><strong>mel<\/strong> = honey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mel, m\u00eal<\/strong> = honey<br \/>\n<strong>melder<\/strong> = sweetness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mel<\/strong> = honey<br \/>\n<strong>melder<\/strong> = darling, sweetness, love<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mel, m\u00e8l, meel, mil<\/strong> = honey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>mel<\/strong> [me\u02d0l] = honey, compliments<br \/>\n<strong>mela<\/strong> = to look for honey, honeydew<br \/>\n<strong>meladour<\/strong> = honey merchant<br \/>\n<strong>melek<\/strong> = honeyed<br \/>\n<strong>meler<\/strong> = honey maker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*m\u00e9lid<\/em> (honey), which is also the root of the English words <strong>mildew<\/strong> and <strong>mulch<\/strong>  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/meli\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sources: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/\">Wiktionary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faclair.com\/\">Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mannin.info\/Mannin\/fockleyr\/m2e.php\">Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanglann.ie\/en\/fgb\/ceann\">Teanglann.ie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dil.ie\/\">eDIL &#8211; Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.smo.uhi.ac.uk\/sengoidelc\/duil-belrai\/english.html\">In D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai English &#8211; Old Irish glossary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/geiriadur.ac.uk\/gpc\/gpc.html\">Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornishdictionary.org.uk\/browse?field_word_value=penn\">Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkaevraz.net\/dicobzh\/index.php\">Dictionaire Favereau<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brezhoneg.bzh\/87-termofis.htm\">TermOfis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wales.ac.uk\/Resources\/Documents\/Research\/CelticLanguages\/EnglishProtoCelticWordList.pdf\">English &#8211; ProtoCeltic WordList<\/a> (PDF), <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/EtymologicalDictionaryOfProtoCeltic\">Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/my.kualo.com\/uk\/go\/00572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kualo.com\/rewards\/uk-unlimited2-468x60.gif\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" border=\"0\"\nalt=\"Unlimited Web Hosting - Kualo\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words for honey in Celtic languages. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic *meli(t) = honey Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) mil = honey Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) mil, mel = honey criathar mela = honeycomb Irish (Gaeilge) mil [m\u02b2\u026al\u02b2] = honey militeach = honey-eating mili\u00fail = honey-like, honeyed beach mheala = honey bee blas meala = [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,26,19,20,96,21,3,22,5,6,37,27,10,40,12,13,23,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-food","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-irish","category-nouns","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-old-welsh","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3421"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7978,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions\/7978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}