Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/miltiją

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

Alternative forms

*miltijaz m (Anglo-Frisian)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”).

Noun

*miltiją n

spleen

Inflection

Declension of *miltiją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*miltiją	*miltijō
vocative	*miltiją	*miltijō
accusative	*miltiją	*miltijō
genitive	miltijas, miltīs	*miltijǫ̂
dative	*miltijai	*miltijamaz
instrumental	*miltijō	*miltijamiz

Related terms

*meltǭ

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *miltī
- Old Dutch: *milti
  - Middle Dutch: milte
    - Dutch: milt
- Old High German: milzi
  - Middle High German: milze
    - German: Milz
    - Hunsrik: Mils
    - Luxembourgish: Mëlz
    - Vilamovian: myłc
- Lombardic: *milzi
  - → Italian: milza
    - → Maltese: milsa
  - → Lombard: melsa, melza, meussa
  - → Piedmontese: mersa, meussa, mirsa, minsa
Old Norse: milti
- Icelandic: milta
- Faroese: milti, milt
- Norwegian Bokmål: milt
- Norwegian Nynorsk: milt
- Danish: milt
- Swedish: mjälte
Unsorted borrowings (via Gothic?):
- → Aragonese: mielsa, amielsa
- → Catalan: melsa
  - → Sicilian: meusa
- → Occitan: mèusa, mèussa