Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъldni

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъldni. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъldni, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъldni in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъldni you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъldni will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъldni, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mildnī, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dʰ-nih₂, from *meldʰ- (lightning).

Baltic cognates include Latvian milna (hammer of the thunderer), Old Prussian mealde (lightning).

Probable other Indo-European cognates include Old Norse Mjǫllnir (Thor's hammer), Middle Welsh mellt, myllt, Welsh mellt (lightning).

Noun

*mъldni f

  1. lightning

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъldni”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 333
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мо́лния”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress