Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/melhmô

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

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *mélḱmō, derived from a lost verb *melhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *melḱ- (“to cloud, overcast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmelx.mɔːː/

Noun

*melhmô m

1. cloud, overcast

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *melhmô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*melhmô	*melhmaniz
vocative	*melhmô	*melhmaniz
accusative	*melhmanų	*melhmanunz
genitive	*milhminiz	*melhmanǫ̂
dative	*milhmini	*melhmammaz
instrumental	*milhminē	*melhmammiz

Related terms

• *mulhną

Descendants

• Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌷𐌼𐌰 (milhma)

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN