Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)meld-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Often compared to *melh₂- (“to crush, grind”).

Root

*(s)meld-[1]

  1. to soften, to melt

Alternative reconstructions

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)meld- (6 c, 0 e)
  • *(s)méld-e-ti (thematic root present)[5]
    • Proto-Germanic: *smeltaną, *meltaną (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *méldomai
  • *(s)mold-éye-ti (causative)
    • Proto-Germanic: *maltijaną (“to cause to melt or dissolve”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *ml̥d-ú-s (“soft, weak”)
  • *mold-o-s[3][6]
    • Proto-Germanic: *maltaz[7]
      • Proto-West Germanic:
        • Old English: mealt
        • Old Frisian: malt (“bad, spoiled”)
        • Old High German: malz (“gentle, soft, mild”)
          • Middle High German: malz
      • Old Norse: *maltr[8]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *maldás (see there for further descendants)
  • *(s)mold-o-m, *(s)ml̥d-o-m
    • Proto-Germanic: *smultą (“molten fat, lard”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *(s)ml̥d-o-s
    • Proto-Germanic: *smultaz (“weak, gentle; tranquil”) (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations
  • Proto-Germanic: *meltǭ, *miltiją (“spleen”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Indo-Iranian:
    • Indo-Aryan:

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 716-717
  2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 431
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 482-5
  4. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “μέλδομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 924
  5. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*smeltan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 457
  6. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*malta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 351
  7. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 258
  8. ^ Jan de Vries (1977) [1957–1960], “malt”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 3rd edition, Leiden: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →OCLC, page 377: “nicht überliefertes maltr”
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