Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/molto
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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
Unknown whether from the past passive participle of *melti (“to grind”) + *-o, respectively from *melti (“to grind”) + *-to—neuter form of *-tъ—, or borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *malt; but rather the latter, considering that the term is only strong in West Slavic and otherwise, though so only in Sorbian, one employs *soldъ.
See also Ancient Greek βύνη (búnē, “malt”), Iranian borrowing, and in recent modernity Arabic مَلْت (malt) and Persian مالت (mâlt) had to be borrowed from English for the concept—though, or corresponding to the circumstance, that most other Arabic terms for beer and wine are also of loan origin, to illustrate the prevalence of such occurrences.
Noun
*molto n
Declension
Declension of *molto (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *molto | *moltě | *molta |
| genitive | *molta | *moltu | *moltъ |
| dative | *moltu | *moltoma | *moltomъ |
| accusative | *molto | *moltě | *molta |
| instrumental | *moltъmь, *moltomь* | *moltoma | *molty |
| locative | *moltě | *moltu | *moltěxъ |
| vocative | *molto | *moltě | *molta |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: мо́лат m (mólat)
- ⇒? Russian: мо́лодь (mólodʹ), молоди́зна (molodízna)
- Ukrainian: мо́лот m (mólot)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Machek, Václav (1968) “mláto”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 368
- Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1991), “молат”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 7 (мгла – не́марасць), Minsk: Navuka i technika, →ISBN
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*molto, *moltъ, *molta”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 196