Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mělъkъ

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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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Etymology

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Perhaps a conflation of:

Adjective

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*mě̑lъkъ or *mě̋lъkъ[1][2]

  1. small, little
    Synonyms: *malъ, *drebьnъ, *mězinъ
  2. shallow
    Synonym: *plytъkъ
  3. narrow
    Synonyms: *ǫzъkъ, *těsnъ

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ме́лкий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mělъkъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 169

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mělъ; *mělъkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 310
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “milka”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:pslovan. *mě̑lъkъ, *mě̋lъkъ