Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maltą
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain, from *maltaz (“soft, gone bad”), or directly from *meltaną; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meld- (“to beat, crush, grind”), also the root of *mildijaz.[1] Not few voices (Uhlenbeck, Bernecker, Brückner, Kiparsky, Skok and others) deem the word instead regularly formed in Proto-Slavic *molto, which you may see, from *melti (“to grind”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*maltą n
Inflection edit
| neuter a-stemDeclension of *maltą (neuter a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *maltą | *maltō | |
| vocative | *maltą | *maltō | |
| accusative | *maltą | *maltō | |
| genitive | *maltas, *maltis | *maltǫ̂ | |
| dative | *maltai | *maltamaz | |
| instrumental | *maltō | *maltamiz | |
Alternative reconstructions edit
- *maltaz