Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/melivo

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From *melti +‎ *-ivo

Noun

*melivo n

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Synonyms: *mlivo, *melvo, *melnica, *melnьje, *meltьje, *meltva, *melja, *meldlo

Inflection

Declension of *melivo (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*melivo	*melivě	*meliva
Accusative	*melivo	*melivě	*meliva
Genitive	*meliva	*melivu	*melivъ
Locative	*melivě	*melivu	*melivěxъ
Dative	*melivu	*melivoma	*melivomъ
Instrumental	melivъmь, melivomь^*	*melivoma	*melivy
Vocative	*melivo	*melivě	*meliva

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ме́ліва (mjéliva)
- Russian: ме́лево (mélevo), ме́ливо (mélivo)
- Ukrainian: ме́лево (mélevo)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ме́ливо (mélivo)
- Macedonian: меливо (melivo)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin: mȅᶅȋvo
- Slovene: melȋvo
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: melivo
  - Czech: melivo
- Polish: mieliwo
- Slovak: melivo

References

Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1992), “*melivo”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 18, Moscow: Nauka, page 83

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