Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъldni
Proto-Slavic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mildnī, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dʰ-nih₂, from *meldʰ- (“lightning”).
Baltic cognates include Latvian milna (“hammer of the thunderer”), Old Prussian mealde (“lightning”).
Probable other Indo-European cognates include Old Norse Mjǫllnir (“Thor's hammer”), Middle Welsh mellt, myllt, Welsh mellt (“lightning”).
Noun edit
*mъldni f
Inflection edit
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Descendants edit
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- West Slavic:
References edit
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъldni”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 333
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мо́лния”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress