melc
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch miluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.
Noun edit
melc f or n
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “melc (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “melc (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *melkaz. As with melcan, the monophthong is inherited; the alternative form meolc has its diphthong leveled in from the noun.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
melc
Declension edit
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | melc | melc | melc |
| Accusative | melcne | melce | melc |
| Genitive | melces | melcre | melces |
| Dative | melcum | melcre | melcum |
| Instrumental | melce | melcre | melce |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | melce | melca, melce | melc |
| Accusative | melce | melca, melce | melc |
| Genitive | melcra | melcra | melcra |
| Dative | melcum | melcum | melcum |
| Instrumental | melcum | melcum | melcum |
Descendants edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Possibly a substrate word from Dacian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”). Compare Breton melc’hwed (“snails”), Welsh malwod (“snails”), Latin mollis (“soft”), Old Armenian մեղկ (mełk, “soft, weak”). Another theory starts with the variant form melciu, which may possibly be derived from Serbian (i)mèla (“mistletoe”), with diminutive suffix -če and the meaning becoming "slimy, viscous". Other less likely ideas proposed include a substrate root *miliku or *kadmiliku, linked to Albanian kërmill (“snail”), këthmili, or from a Vulgar Latin *milax, metathetic modification of Latin limax (“slug, snail”), or a relation to the root of Latin murex, or a borrowing from Bulgarian мелък (melǎk).[1] See also culbec.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
melc m (plural melci)