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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Perhaps a conflation of:
- *mělъ (“finely grinded substance, mill”) + *-ъkъ, reflecting Proto-Balto-Slavic *mēlˀús, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, to mill”). Akin to Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“mild, tender”).
- the descendant of Proto-Balto-Slavic *máiljus + *-ъkъ, cognate with Lithuanian maĩlius (“small fry”), Latvian maĩle (“bleak (fish)”). Possibly from a l-extension of Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁y- (“to smith, to crush”), related to Proto-Slavic *milъ (“kind, gentle”), *mirъ (“peace”) and further akin to Old Norse mjór (“thin, narrow”).
Adjective
*mě̑lъkъ or *mě̋lъkъ[1][2]
- small, little
- Synonyms: *malъ, *drebьnъ, *mězinъ
- shallow
- Synonym: *plytъkъ
- narrow
- Synonyms: *ǫzъkъ, *těsnъ
Inflection
Indefinite declension of *mělъkъ (hard)
Definite declension of *mělъkъ (hard)
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мѣлъкъ (mělŭkŭ)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ме́лкий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mělъkъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 169
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mělъ; *mělъkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 310
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “milka”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “pslovan. *mě̑lъkъ, *mě̋lъkъ”