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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moltъ
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This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *molh₂-to-, from *melh₂- (given as *melH- in Derksen). Equivalently from the root of *melti (“to grind, mill”) + *-tъ. The original meaning was "crushing out".
Cognate with Latin malleus (“hammer”) < *mal-ni- "crushing" (per Pokorny).
Inflection
Accent paradigm b or c. Most descendants reflect paradigm c.
Declension of *mõltъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *mõltъ | *mōltà | *mōltì |
| Accusative | *mõltъ | *mōltà | *mōltỳ |
| Genitive | *mōltà | *mōltù | *mõltъ |
| Locative | *mōltě̀ | *mōltù | *mõltěxъ |
| Dative | *mōltù | *mōltòma | *mōltòmъ |
| Instrumental | *mōltъ̀mь, *mōltòmь* | *mōltòma | *mõlty |
| Vocative | *molte | *mōltà | *mōltì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Declension of *mȏltъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *mȏltъ | *mȏlta | *mȏlti |
| Accusative | *mȏltъ | *mȏlta | *mȏlty |
| Genitive | *mȏlta | *moltù | *mõltъ |
| Locative | *mȏltě | *moltù | *moltě̃xъ |
| Dative | *mȏltu | *moltomà | *moltòmъ |
| Instrumental | *mȏltъmь, *mȏltomь* | *moltomà | *moltý |
| Vocative | *molte | *mȏlta | *mȏlti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- *mōltìti (“to beat, thresh”)
- *moltěja / *molťaja
- *moltęga, *moltęgъ?
- *moltidlo
- *moltidlьja
- *molti(d)lьnъ
- *moltišče
- *moltivo
- *molt(j)ati
- *molt(j)enьje
- *molťьskъ
- *moltъka / *molťьka
- *moltьba
- *moltьcь
- *moltobojь
- *moltobojьcь
- *moltovъ
- *moltъkъ
- *moltьnъ
- *moltьnica
- *moltьnikъ
- *moltьnja / *moltьnь
Related terms
- *moľь (“moth”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “молот”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 540
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “молот”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), “mel-1”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 716–719
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*moltъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 197
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*moltъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 323: “m. o (b/c) ‘hammer’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “moltъ molta”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d (OSA 143; PR 137; RPT 105)”
Declension
Declension of *moltъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *moltъ | *molta | *molti |
| Accusative | *moltъ | *molta | *molty |
| Genitive | *molta | *moltu | *moltъ |
| Locative | *moltě | *moltu | *moltěxъ |
| Dative | *moltu | *moltoma | *moltomъ |
| Instrumental | *moltъmь, *moltomь* | *moltoma | *molty |
| Vocative | *molte | *molta | *molti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
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