Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ml̥dús

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

Alternative forms

  • *moldus, *moldos

Etymology

From *(s)meld- (to soften).

Adjective

*ml̥dús[1][2][3]

  1. soft, weak

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
masculine feminine
nominative *ml̥dús *ml̥déwih₂
genitive *ml̥déws *ml̥duyéh₂s
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *ml̥dús *ml̥dúh₁(e) *ml̥dúes
vocative *ml̥dú *ml̥dúh₁(e) *ml̥dúes
accusative *ml̥dúm *ml̥dúh₁(e) *ml̥dúms
genitive *ml̥déws *? *ml̥déwoHom
ablative *ml̥déws *? *ml̥déwmos, *ml̥déwbʰos
dative *ml̥déwey *? *ml̥déwmos, *ml̥déwbʰos
locative *ml̥déw, *ml̥déwi *? *ml̥déwsu
instrumental *ml̥déwh₁ *? *ml̥déwmis, *ml̥déwbʰis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *ml̥déwih₂ *ml̥déwih₂h₁(e) *ml̥déwih₂es
vocative *ml̥déwih₂ *ml̥déwih₂h₁(e) *ml̥déwih₂es
accusative *ml̥déwih₂m̥ *ml̥déwih₂h₁(e) *ml̥déwih₂m̥s
genitive *ml̥duyéh₂s *? *ml̥duyéh₂oHom
ablative *ml̥duyéh₂s *? *ml̥duyéh₂mos, *ml̥duyéh₂bʰos
dative *ml̥duyéh₂ey *? *ml̥duyéh₂mos, *ml̥duyéh₂bʰos
locative *ml̥duyéh₂, *ml̥duyéh₂i *? *ml̥duyéh₂su
instrumental *ml̥duyéh₂h₁ *? *ml̥duyéh₂mis, *ml̥duyéh₂bʰis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *ml̥dú *ml̥dúyh₁ *ml̥dúh₂
vocative *ml̥dú *ml̥dúyh₁ *ml̥dúh₂
accusative *ml̥dú *ml̥dúyh₁ *ml̥dúh₂
genitive *ml̥déws *? *ml̥déwoHom
ablative *ml̥déws *? *ml̥déwmos, *ml̥déwbʰos
dative *ml̥déwey *? *ml̥déwmos, *ml̥déwbʰos
locative *ml̥déw, *ml̥déwi *? *ml̥déwsu
instrumental *ml̥déwh₁ *? *ml̥déwmis, *ml̥déwbʰis

Descendants

  • Proto-Armenian:
  • >? Proto-Germanic: *mildijaz (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic:[6]
  • Proto-Italic: *moldus[7]
    • Latin: mollis (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mr̥dúš (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Lucien van Beek (2022), The Reflexes of Syllabic Liquids in Ancient Greek: Linguistic Prehistory of the Greek Dialects and Homeric Kunstsprache[1], Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 173-175:*ml̥d-ú-
  2. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 95:*ml̥dú-
  3. ^ 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. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 461
  5. ^ Viredaz, Rémy (2003), “The Great Armenian Puzzle is not Thorny”, in Annual of Armenian linguistics[2], numbers 22-23, page 64
  6. ^ Robert Stephen Paul Beekes (25 October 2012), The Development of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Greek[3], Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 42
  7. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “mollis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 386:PIt. *moldu-(i-)