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Indo-European cognates include Hittite𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲(ma-a-al-di/māldi/, “to recite, make a vow”, 3sg.pres.act.), Germanmelden(“to report, tell”), Old Armenianմաղթեմ(małtʻem).
↑ 1.01.1Derksen, Rick (2008) “*modlìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 320: “v. ‘pray’ (b)”
Further reading
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “молить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 539