Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/maldás

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mold-o-s[1][2] or *mold-u-s.[3]

Adjective

*maldás[3]

  1. young

Descendants

  • Old Prussian: maldai
  • Proto-Slavic: *moldъ (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 483
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*malta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 351
  3. 3.0 3.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “maldai”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561:BSL *moldos; PIE *mold-u-