March theme: Bees 🐝

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• Proto-Indo-European *keh₂r? wax, honey-comb

  • Albanian qiri candle
  • Hellenic

    • Classical Greek κηρός kērós beeswax, honeycomb, wax taper
  • Italic

    • Latin cēra wax, honeycomb, wax seal, wax tablet

      • Central Romance

        • Italian cera wax, complexion
      • Insular Romance

        • Sardinian chera
      • Eastern Romance

        • Romanian ceară wax
      • Western Romance

        • French cire wax, candle

          • English cere
        • Spanish cera wax
      • Brythonic *kuɨr

        • Welsh cwyr wax
      • Old Irish céir

        • Irish céir wax, coating, stain
  • Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂-n oblique stem

    • Pre-Albanian *skeh₂n

      • Proto-Albanian *xāljā

        • Albanian huall honeycomb
    • Indo-Iranian

      • Iranian

        • Western Iranian

          • Kurdish şan beehive
    • Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks honey-like, honey-colored

      • Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂kós genitive

        • Pre-Albanian *kenagā

          • Albanian qengjë beehive
        • Balto-Slavic

          • Old Prussian cucan brown
        • Celtic

          • Brythonic

            • Welsh canecon golden (archaic)
        • Hellenic knā́kos

          • Mycenaean Greek 𐀏𐀙𐀒 ka-na-ko safflower
          • Classical Greek κνῆκος knêkos safflower

            • Latin cnēcos safflower
          • Hellenic

            • Classical Greek κνηκός knēkós pale yellow, tawny
        • Italic

          • Latin canicae bran
        • Indo-Iranian

          • Indo-Aryan

            • Sanskrit 𑀓𑀸𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀦 kāñcana golden, a kind of yellow pigment

              • Pali 𑀓𑀸𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀦 kāñcana

                • Kawi kāñcana

                  • Javanese ꦏꦼꦚ꧀ꦕꦤ kencana
                • Malay kencana gold
                • Thai กาญจน- gaan-jà-ná-

                  • Thai กาญจนบุรี gaan-jà-ná-bù-rii Golden-City, Kanchanaburi

                    • English Kanchanaburi
              • Hindi कंचन kañcan gold, golden
      • Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂onkós

        • Germanic *huna(n)gą

          • North Germanic

            • Old Norse hunang

              • Danish honning honey
              • Icelandic hunang honey
              • Finnish hunaja honey
          • West Germanic *huna(n)g

            • Old English huniġ honey

              • English honey

                • Japanese ハニー hanī honey
                • Marshallese ōne honey
            • Frankish *honang

              • Dutch honing honey
            • Old High German honeg

              • German Honig honey
              • Yiddish האָניק honik honey
      • Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂n̥kos

        • Indo-Iranian

          • Indo-Aryan

            • Sanskrit 𑀓𑀦𑀓 kanaka gold, golden

              • Hindi कनक kanak wheat flour, gold
              • Telugu కనకము kanakamu gold
      • Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónkuken? little honeyed one?

        • Tocharian

          • Kushean kronkśe bee

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Collected English words

Kanchanaburi, cere, honey