and relate this to Latin mulcō (“to damage”) and mulceō (“to stroke”). *<span class="searchmatch">moltā</span> f A monetary penalty; a fine *moltāō *multāsios (“fine-like?”) ⇒ Oscan:...
From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *ml̥tós (“crumbled, crumpled”), from *mel-. *moltos (comparative *moltjōs, superlative *moltisemos) much many *paukos *<span class="searchmatch">moltā</span> (possibly)...
From *<span class="searchmatch">moltā</span> (“a fine”) + *-āō (denominal verb suffix). *moltāō to issue a fine Latin: multō (see there for further descendants) Oscan: moltaum (inf.)...