Reconstruction:Old Armenian/մուլ-

This Old Armenian 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.

Old Armenian

Etymology

Either a secondary creation based on մամուլ (mamul) or an old derivative of Proto-Indo-European *mlH- or *molh₂- or *mu(e)lh₂-, ablaut grades of *melh₂- (“to grind”). Compare Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē, “mill”).

Verb

*մուլ- • (*mul-)

to grind
to rub

Derived terms

մլաղաց (mlałacʿ)
մլմլեմ (mlmlem)

Descendants

Armenian: մլակ (mlak), մլուկ (mluk), մլիկ (mlik), մղմեղ (młmeł), մուղ (muł)
Old Armenian: մղեղ (młeł)

References

Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 443
Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press