Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/melam

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *melh₂eti, from *melh₂- (to grind).

Verb edit

*melam first-singular present indicative[1]

  1. to grind

Inflection edit

Inflection of *melam (irregular, athematic)
Present *melam
Perfect *memolai
Past participle *malatos
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *melam
2nd sing. *melas
3rd sing. *melat
1st plur. *malamos
2nd plur. *malates
3rd plur. *malent
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *melām
2nd sing. *melās
3rd sing. *melād
1st plur. *melāmos
2nd plur. *melātes
3rd plur. *melānd
Perfect indicative Active
1st sing. *memolai
2nd sing. *memolistai
3rd sing. *memole(d)
1st plur. *memolomos
2nd plur. *memolistes
3rd plur. *memolēri
Present imperative Active Passive
2nd sing. *mela
2nd plur. *melate
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing. *melatōd
Participles Present Past
*malēnts *malatos
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*melazi

Descendants edit

  • Latin: molō
  • Faliscan: meletom (participle perfect)
  • Umbrian: maletu (participle perfect)

References edit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “molō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 386-387