Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mélˀtei

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-.

Verb

*mélˀtei[1][2]

to grind

Inflection

Fixed accent.[3]

Descendants

Latvian: mal̃t
Lithuanian: málti
Proto-Slavic: *mèlti (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mèlti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 307: “*melʔ-”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “malti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302: “*melʔ-; *molʔ-”
Jasanoff, Jay (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197: “*meljǫ̍ ‘fight’, with immobility (also seen in the sustained tone of Latv. inf. mal̃t)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mèlti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 307: “*melʔ-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “malti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302: “*melʔ-; *molʔ-”

[3] Jasanoff, Jay (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197: “*meljǫ̍ ‘fight’, with immobility (also seen in the sustained tone of Latv. inf. mal̃t)”