Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meldʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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

    Etymology

    The philologist Michael York suggests that this term may relate to the homophonic root *meldʰ- (“thunder”), whence perhaps Russian мо́лния (mólnija).[1]

    Root

    *meldʰ-[2][3]

    1. to pray, speak words to a deity

    Reconstruction notes

    • Matasović suggests that the Germanic terms indicate that the term originally meant "utter a solemn prayer."[4]
    • According to Mallory and Adams, this root must be archaic in Proto-Indo-European.

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meldʰ- (pray) (1 c, 0 e)
    • *meldʰ-yé-ti
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *melstei
    • *moldʰ-éye-ti (éye-causative)
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *maldī́ˀtei (see there for further descendants)
    • *móldʰ-ey ~ mḷdʰ-énti
      • Proto-Anatolian:
        • Hittite: 𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲 (māldi, “to recite, make a vow”)[5]
    • *ml̥dʰ-ti-?
      • Proto-Armenian: *maɫ(d)tʰi-?
    Unsorted formations
    • Proto-Germanic: *melþōną
      • Proto-West Germanic: *melþōn (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Michael York (1993-08), “Toward a Proto-Indo-European vocabulary of the sacred”, in WORD‎[1], volume 44, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, page 238
    2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*meldʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 432
    3. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*meldh-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 449
    4. ^ Ranko Matasović (2018), “A Reader in Comparative Indo-European Mythology”, in mudrac.ffzg.hr‎[2]
    5. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 550-551

    Further reading

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