Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂melǵ-

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

Root

*h₂melǵ-[1]

  1. to milk
  2. milk

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂melǵ- (12 c, 0 e)
  • *h₂mélǵ-ti ~ *h₂ml̥ǵ-énti (athematic root present)
  • *h₂molǵ-éye-ti (iterative)
    • Proto-Italic: *molgeō
  • *h₂mélǵ-os ~ h₂mélǵ-es-os (s-stem noun)
    • Proto-Celtic: *melgos
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Latvian: malks (“sip, nip, swig”)
      • Lithuanian: malkas
    • Proto-Celtic: *mlixtus (< *h₂ml̥ǵtus)
      • Old Irish: mlicht
      • Proto-Brythonic: bliθ
        • Welsh: blith (“milch”)
    • Proto-Germanic: *melkaz (“milky, milk-giving”)
      • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *milkijaz
        • Old English: *melċe, *milċe (þrimilċe)
          • Middle English: milche, melche
        • Old Frisian:
        • Old Saxon:
        • Old High German: melch
          • Middle High German: mëlch, melk
        • Old Norse:
          • Icelandic: milkur, mjólkur
    • Proto-Germanic: *meluks (“milk”) (with unexplained -u-)
    • Proto-Tocharian:
      • Tocharian A: malke (“milk”), mālk- (“to milk”) (< *h₂melǵ-ei̯e)
      • Tocharian B: malkwer (“milk”), mālkant (“to milk”)

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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