User:Victar/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/melh₁-

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This 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-Indo-European[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps reanalyzed from *mle- (weak, soft) +‎ *-h₂ti (factitive verb suffix), or possibly from to *melh₂- (to grind).

Verb[edit]

*melh₁-[2]

  1. to make weak, soft, tender

Derived terms[edit]

  • *mléh₂-ti (root athematic present) (schwebeablaut)
  • *mélh₂-e-ti (root thematic present)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *málHati
      • Proto-Nuristani: [Term?] (to soften (leather))
        • Kmkt.ktv.S marʹe-
        • Kmkt.km.S mârʹa-
  • *mélh₂-o-s (clay, dirt; dirty)
    • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
        • Sanskrit: मल (mala, dirt, filth, dust)
  • *mélh₂-ti-s ~ *ml̥h₂-téy-s[5]
    • Proto-Celtic: *mlātis (tender, soft)
  • *ml̥h₂-sk-u-[7]
    • Proto-Anatolian:
      • Hittite: [script needed] c (mi-li-iš-ku-uš /⁠miliškuš⁠/), [script needed] n (ma-li-iš-ku /⁠mališku⁠/, weak; light, unimportant)
  • *ml̥h₂-wó-s (of clay; clay colored)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Lithuanian: mul̃vas (reddish, yellowish, of clay)
    • Proto-Italic: *molwos
      • Latin: mulleus (red-coloured)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
*wleh₁- ~ *welh₁-
  • *wl̥h₁-néh₂ (wool)
    • Proto-Anatolian:
    • Proto-Armenian:
      • Old Armenian: գեղմն (gełmn) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *wílˀnāˀ (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Celtic: *wlanā (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *wullō (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *wlḗnos
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hwŕ̥HnaH (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *wlānā
      • Latin: lāna (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Anatolian:
      • Hittite: [script needed] c (ú-il-na-a-aš /⁠wilinaš⁠/, clay, gen.sg.)
  • *welh₁-k-ti
    • Proto-Germanic: [Term?] (to wither)
*mled- ~ *wled-
  • *mléd-e-ti[8] (schwebeablaut)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
      • Proto-Nuristani: [Term?] (to become mushy, soft)
        • Kmkt.ktv.S vulařʹe-
        • Kmkt.km.S ulʹařa-
  • *meld-ú-s ~ *ml̥d-éw-s (soft, mild, weak)
  • *mĺ̥d-h₂ (clay, dirt)
    • Proto-Germanic: *muldō (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 20
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2017–2018) “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The phonology of Proto-Indo-Iranian, page 1876
  3. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*mraH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274
  4. 4.0 4.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 184
  5. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 81
  6. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “896”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page μαλακός
  7. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) chapter 549, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, milišku-/mode/1up?view=theater page mališku-, milišku-
  8. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*u̯red-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 697