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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъldni

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mildnī, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dʰ-nih₂, from *meldʰ- (“lightning”).

Baltic cognates include Latvian milna (“hammer of the thunderer”), Old Prussian mealde (“lightning”).

Probable other Indo-European cognates include Old Norse Mjǫllnir (“Thor's hammer”), Middle Welsh mellt, myllt, Welsh mellt (“lightning”).

Noun

*mъldni f

  1. lightning

Inflection

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Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мълнии (mŭlnii), мълнꙗ (mŭlnja)
      • Belarusian: мала́нка (malánka), мо́лання (mólannja) (dialectal), мало́ння (malónnja) (dialectal), маладня́ (maladnjá) (dialectal)
      • Russian: мо́лния (mólnija), моло́нья (molónʹja) (dialectal), молодня́ (molodnjá) (dialectal), меленья́ (melenʹjá) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: маладня́ (maladnjá) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: mlna (archaic)
    • Polabian: måuńa
    • Pomerian:

References
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъldni”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 333
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мо́лния”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  1. Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary
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