Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mélˀtei

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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

  • Latvian: mal̃t
  • Lithuanian: málti
  • 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)