Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъldni

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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mildnī, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dʰ-nih₂, from *meldʰ- (lightning).

Baltic cognates include Latvian milna (hammer of the thunderer), Old Prussian mealde (lightning).

Probable other Indo-European cognates include Old Norse Mjǫllnir (Thor's hammer), Middle Welsh mellt, myllt, Welsh mellt (lightning).

Noun

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*mъldni f

  1. lightning

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъldni”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 333
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мо́лния”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress