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- "Menyn."
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Yep, mêl and melyn both ultimately come from the same source, PIE *melit-, with many modern day cognates.
(Y)menyn on the other hand comes from PIE *h₃engʷ-, meaning "to anoint". Cognates are Latin "ung(u)ere", English "unctuous", German dialect "Anke".
Making little connections like you have, whether their historically accurate or not, is a great way to learn vocab.