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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/meldǭ
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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
- *muldǭ[1]
Etymology
Put to Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- because of the mealy texture of its leaves. Compare the meaning range of the descendants of Old Norse mjǫll which is from the same root, Icelandic mjöll (“fresh snow”), Norwegian mjell, mjøll (“light, dry snow”), Swedish mjäll (“dandruff”), Danish mæld, mjæld (“fluff on corollae”). But note Proto-Slavic *lebeda of the same meaning range, and also Ancient Greek βλίτον (blíton, “purple amaranth; orache”); both are of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmel.dɔ̃ː/
Noun
*meldǭ f
- a plant of the genus Chenopodium, goosefoot
- a plant of the genus Atriplex, orache, saltbush
Inflection
| ōn-stemDeclension of *meldǭ (ōn-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *meldǭ | *meldōniz | |
| vocative | *meldǭ | *meldōniz | |
| accusative | *meldōnų | *meldōnunz | |
| genitive | *meldōniz | *meldōnǫ̂ | |
| dative | *meldōni | *meldōmaz | |
| instrumental | *meldōnē | *meldōmiz | |
Descendants
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*mulđōn II”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 275
Further reading
- “Melde” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “myles”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
- Björkman, Erik (1902) “Die Pflanzennamen der althochdeutschen Glossen”, in Zeitschrift für deutsche Sprache, volume 2, Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 223
- Köbler, Gerhard (2014) “*meldō-, *meldōn”, in Germanisches Wörterbuch, 5th edition
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*melđōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 266
- Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Melde”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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