Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/miltiją

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

Alternative forms

• *miltijaz m (Anglo-Frisian)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”).

Noun

*miltiją n

1. spleen

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *miltiją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*miltiją	*miltijō
vocative	*miltiją	*miltijō
accusative	*miltiją	*miltijō
genitive	*miltijas, *miltīs	*miltijǫ̂
dative	*miltijai	*miltijamaz
instrumental	*miltijō	*miltijamiz

Related terms

• *meltǭ

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *miltī
  • Old Dutch: *milti
    • Middle Dutch: milte
      • Dutch: milt
  • Old High German: milzi
    • Middle High German: milze
      • German: Milz
      • Hunsrik: Mils
      • Luxembourgish: Mëlz
      • Vilamovian: myłc
  • Lombardic: *milzi
    • → Italian: milza
      • → Maltese: milsa
    • → Lombard: melsa, melza, meussa
    • → Piedmontese: mersa, meussa, mirsa, minsa
• Old Norse: milti
  • Icelandic: milta
  • Faroese: milti, milt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: milt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: milt
  • Danish: milt
  • Swedish: mjälte
• Unsorted borrowings (via Gothic?):
  • → Aragonese: mielsa, amielsa
  • → Catalan: melsa
    • → Sicilian: meusa
  • → Occitan: mèusa, mèussa