Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/melwą

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-wo-m, from *melh₂- (“to beat; crush; grind”); by synchronic analysis, a wa-stem nominal formation from *malaną (“to grind”).[1] Cognate with Latin molō (“mill; grist; grind”, verb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmel.wɑ̃/

Noun

*melwą n

  1. ground corn, meal, flour

Inflection

Declension of *melwą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *melwą *melwō
vocative *melwą *melwō
accusative *melwą *melwō
genitive *melwas, *milwis *melwǫ̂
dative *melwai *melwamaz
instrumental *melwō *melwamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*melwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 365
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