Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moltъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *molh₂-to-, from *melh₂- (given as *melH- in Derksen). Equivalently from the root of *melti (“to grind, mill”) + *-tъ. The original meaning was "crushing out".
Cognate with Latin malleus (“hammer”) < *mal-ni- "crushing" (per Pokorny).
Noun
Inflection
Accent paradigm b or c. Most descendants reflect paradigm c.
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mõltъ | *mōltà | *mōltì |
| genitive | *mōltà | *mōltù | *mõltъ |
| dative | *mōltù | *mōltòma | *mōltòmъ |
| accusative | *mõltъ | *mōltà | *mōltỳ |
| instrumental | *mōltъ̀mь, *mōltòmь* | *mōltòma | *mõlty |
| locative | *mōltě̀ | *mōltù | *mõltěxъ |
| vocative | *molte | *mōltà | *mōltì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mȏltъ | *mȏlta | *mȏlti |
| genitive | *mȏlta | *moltù | *mõltъ |
| dative | *mȏltu | *moltomà | *moltòmъ |
| accusative | *mȏltъ | *mȏlta | *mȏlty |
| instrumental | *mȏltъmь, *mȏltomь* | *moltomà | *moltý |
| locative | *mȏltě | *moltù | *moltě̃xъ |
| vocative | *molte | *mȏlta | *mȏlti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Related terms
- *moľь (“moth”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “молот”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 540
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “mel-1”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 716–719
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*moltъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 197
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*moltъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 323: “m. o (b/c) ‘hammer’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “moltъ molta”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d (OSA 143; PR 137; RPT 105)”
Etymology 2
Noun
*moltъ m
- alternative form of *molto (“malt”)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *moltъ | *molta | *molti |
| genitive | *molta | *moltu | *moltъ |
| dative | *moltu | *moltoma | *moltomъ |
| accusative | *moltъ | *molta | *molty |
| instrumental | *moltъmь, *moltomь* | *moltoma | *molty |
| locative | *moltě | *moltu | *moltěxъ |
| vocative | *molte | *molta | *molti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.