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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/melti

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 Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind”). Cognates include Lithuanian málti, German mahlen, Latin molō, Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē), Sanskrit मृणाति (mṛṇā́ti) and Hittite [script needed] (malla-i).

Verb

*mèlti impf [1][2][3]

  1. to grind, mill

Conjugation
Conjugation of *melti (impf., -C/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*meltьje *melti *meltъ *mellъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *meltъ *meľemъ
Active *melvъ *meľę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *melsъ*mel*mel *meľǫ*meľeši*meľetь
Dual *melsově*melsta*melste *meľevě*meľeta*meľete
Plural *melsomъ*melste*melsę *meľemъ*meľete*meľǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *meľaaxъ*meľaaše*meľaaše —*meľi*meľi
Dual *meľaaxově*meľaašeta*meľaašete *meľivě*meľita—
Plural *meľaaxomъ*meľaašete*meľaaxǫ *meľimъ*meľite—
    Notes:
  • (*)*meljenъ is doublet of past passive participle

See also

Descendants

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mèlti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 307: “v. (b) ‘grind, mill’”
  2. Derksen, Rick (2015), “malti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302: “*meltì”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001), “melti: meljǫ meljetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 203, 248f., 251; PR 136; ?MP 27)”
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