Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maltą

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 This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain, from *maltaz (“soft, gone bad”), or directly from *meltaną; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meld- (“to beat, crush, grind”), also the root of *mildijaz.[1] Not few voices (Uhlenbeck, Bernecker, Brückner, Kiparsky, Skok and others) deem the word instead regularly formed in Proto-Slavic *molto, which you may see, from *melti (“to grind”).

Pronunciation

Noun

*maltą n

  1. malt

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *maltą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *maltą *maltō
vocative *maltą *maltō
accusative *maltą *maltō
genitive *maltas, *maltis *maltǫ̂
dative *maltai *maltamaz
instrumental *maltō *maltamiz

Alternative reconstructions

  • *maltaz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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