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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
*mõltъ or *mȏltъ m[1][2]
- hammer
Inflection
Accent paradigm b or c. Most descendants reflect paradigm c.
Declension of
*mõltъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Declension of
*mȏltъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: молотъ (molotŭ)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “молот”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (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 [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “mel-1”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 716–719
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*moltъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (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
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.