milti

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪl̥tɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪl̥tɪ

From Old Norse milti, Proto-Germanic *miltiją, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”).

milti n (genitive singular miltis, plural milti or miltir)

1. spleen

• milt

From the noun milt.

milti

1. dative singular of milt

Originally from the past participle *milts, plural *milti, of an unattested verb *milt (“to crumble; to grind”), from Proto-Baltic *mil-, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥-, the reduced grade of *mel- (whence also Latvian malt “to grind” (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian mi̇̀ltai, Old Prussian miltan.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [milti]

• Audio:

  (file)

milti m pl (1st declension)

1. flour (powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding cereal grains)

   graudu milti ― grain flour

   kviešu, rudzu milti ― wheat, rye flour

   rupji, smalki milti ― coarse, fine flour

   bīdelētie milti ― finely ground flour

   miltu putra ― flour porridge

   miltu omlete ― flour omelette

   miltu ērce, kode ― flour mite, moth

   “lai Arturs aiziet uz veikalu un atnes maizei miltus”, tēvs īsi sacīja ― “let Arthur go to the shop and bring flour for the bread”, father said succinctly

   vienu dienu uz pavasara pusi Vilis atved divus maisus miltu ― one day, when it was still spring, Vilis brought two sacks of flour

2. flour (powdery substance obtained by grinding raw materials with special instruments)

   kaļķakmens milti ― limestone flour

   kartupeļu milti ― potato flour (= starch from potatoes)

   zivju milti ― fish flour

   siena, skuju milti ― hay, pine flour (= animal feed)

   koksnes, koka milti ― wood flour (= very finely ground wood)

   koka miltus iegūst no lapkoku un skujkoku koksnes ― wood flour is obtained from deciduous and conifer wood (= trees)

From Proto-Germanic *mildijaz, whence also Old English milde, Old Norse mildr.

milti

1. mild

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

milti n (genitive miltis, plural milti)

1. spleen

• Icelandic: milta
• Faroese: milti, milt
• Norwegian Bokmål: milt
• Norwegian Nynorsk: milt
• Danish: milt
• Swedish: mjälte

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