Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mélˀtei

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-.

    Verb

    *mélˀtei[1][2]

    1. to grind

    Inflection

    Fixed accent.[3]

    Descendants

    • Latgalian: maļt
    • Latvian: mal̃t
    • Lithuanian: málti
    • Skolt Sami: maltė
    • Proto-Slavic: *mèlti (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mèlti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 307: “*melʔ-”
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “malti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302: “*melʔ-; *molʔ-”
    3. ^ Jasanoff, Jay (2017), The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197: “*meljǫ̍ ‘fight’, with immobility (also seen in the sustained tone of Latv. inf. mal̃t)”
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