Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)mel-

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 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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain; the connection between each form is semantically fine, however their isolation makes this reconstruction suspect.

Root

*(s)mel-

  1. false, erroneous
  2. bad, evil

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mel-‎ (6 c, 0 e)
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)mel-‎ (25 c, 0 e)
  • *(s)mél-o-s
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  • *(s)mel-s-eh₂
    • Armenian:
      • Old Armenian: մեղ (meł, “sin, crime”) (possibly)
  • *(s)mel-s-os
    • Proto-Celtic: *mellos (“destruction, confusion”)
      • Old Irish: mell (“error, confusion”)
        • ⇒ Old Irish: millid (“to destroy”)
Unsorted formations

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2. mel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 719
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “malus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 360
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 64-65
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 340
  5. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 194
  6. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “malus”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎ (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, pages 380-81
  7. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “mēlo-, smēlo-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 724
  8. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մեղմեխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 301b
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page mello- of 263-264
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