melr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *melha- ~ *melga- (“sand bank”),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to beat, pound, grind, mill”), see also Latin mollis (“soft, gentle”).[2]

Noun

melr m

  1. lymegrass
  2. sandbank, gravel bank, dune

Descendants

  • Icelandic: melur
  • → Norman: mielle
  • Danish: mile

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “melga”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 363
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “716-719”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 716-719

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “melr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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