Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъlinъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Slavic

*mъlinъ

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German mulīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu, from Late Latin molīna, molīnum.

The word might be post-Proto-Slavic borrowing.

Noun

*mъlinъ m

1. (West and South Slavic) mill

Declension

Declension of *mъlinъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mъlinъ	*mъlina	*mъlini
genitive	*mъlina	*mъlinu	*mъlinъ
dative	*mъlinu	*mъlinoma	*mъlinomъ
accusative	*mъlinъ	*mъlina	*mъliny
instrumental	*mъlinъmь, *mъlinomь*	*mъlinoma	*mъliny
locative	*mъlině	*mъlinu	*mъliněxъ
vocative	*mъline	*mъlina	*mъlini

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Church Slavonic: мълинъ (mŭlinŭ) (Serbian recension)
  • Bulgarian: (dialectal) млин (mlin)
  • Macedonian: (dialectal) млин (mlin)
  • Old Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: mlin, malin, melin

    Cyrillic script: млин, малин, мелин

    • Serbo-Croatian:

      Latin script: (dialectal) màlin, mȁlin, mȁlan

      Cyrillic script: (dialectal) ма̀лин, ма̏лин, ма̏лан

  • Slovene: mlȋn, málin (tonal orthography)
  • → Hungarian: malom
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: mlýn
  • Kashubian: młin
  • Old Polish: młyn
    • Polish: młyn
    • →? Old East Slavic: млинъ (mlinŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: млынъ (mlyn), млинъ (mlin)
        • Belarusian: млын (mlyn), млін (mlin)
        • Ukrainian: млин (mlyn)
      • Russian: (dialectal) млин (mlin)
    • →? Old Prussian: malunis
      • →? Old Lithuanian: malū̃nas
  • Slovak: mlyn
  • Slovincian: mlyn
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: młyn
    • Upper Sorbian: młyn

Further reading

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “młyn”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 332
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “młyn”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), page 201
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “млин”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “млин”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “млін”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “mlȋn”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
• Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “mlýn”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 400
• Machek, Václav (1968) “mlýn”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 369
• Králik, Ľubor (2016) “mlyn”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 364