Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/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

Root

*mel- (imperfective)

  1. to worry, be late

Derived terms

  • *mél-e-ti (thematic present)
    • Proto-Hellenic:
  • *me-mól-e (perfect)
    • Proto-Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: μέμηλα, μέμβλεται (mémēla, mémbletai)
  • *ml̥-no-s
    • Proto-Celtic: *mallos
      • Old Irish: mall (late) (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Italic:
      • Latin: promellō (to postpone (a court case))
    • Proto-Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: μέλλω (méllō, to intend, delay)

References

  1. ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2011–2023) “*mel-”, in Addenda und Corrigenda zu LIV², page 59
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mallo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
  3. ^ de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 252
  4. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “Proto-Indo-European/mel-”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 370