Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/melh₃-

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

    Root

    *melh₃-[1]

    1. to step forward
    2. to go, come
      Synonyms: *h₁ey-, *gʷem-, *gʷeh₂-

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *melh₃- (2 c, 0 e)
    • *mélh₃-t ~ *ml̥h₃-ént (athematic root aorist)
      • Proto-Hellenic:
        • Ancient Greek: ἔμολον (émolon)[2]
    • *ml̥h₃-sḱé-ti (sḱé-present)
    • *molh₃-éye-ti (éye-causative)
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
        • Proto-Slavic:
          • Serbo-Croatian: izmòlīti
          • Slovene: molīti
    • ? *mḷh₃-dʰ-r-ó-
    • *ml̥h₃-tόs
      • >? Proto-Italic: *moltos
        • Latin: multus (see there for further descendants)
    • ? *molh₃-ós
      • Proto-Hellenic:
        • ? Ancient Greek: *μολός (*molós)
      • ? *molh₃-tos
    • ? *mṓlh₃-s
    Unsorted formations
    • Proto-Italic:
    • Proto-Tocharian:
      • >? Tocharian A: mlusk-
      • >? Tocharian B: mlutk-

    References

    1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*melh₃-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 433
    2. 2.0 2.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “βλώσκω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 223
    3. 3.0 3.1 José Marcos Macedo; Daniel Kölligan (2020), “Cretan μωλεῖν 'Contend, Bring an Action to Court?”, in Mnemosyne[1], volume 73, number 2, →ISSN, pages 179–197

    Further reading