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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moltъ

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).

Noun

*mõltъ or *mȏltъ m[1][2]

  1. hammer
Inflection

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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
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: молотъ (molotŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: млатъ (mlatŭ)
      Glagolitic: ⰿⰾⰰⱅⱏ (mlatŭ)
    • Bulgarian: млат (mlat)
    • Macedonian: млат (mlat)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: мла̑т
      Latin script: mlȃt, mlȏt
    • Slovene: mlȁt, mlȃt (tonal orthography)
  • 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. & 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
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*moltъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 323: “m. o (b/c) ‘hammer’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “moltъ molta”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d (OSA 143; PR 137; RPT 105)”

Noun

*moltъ m

  1. Alternative form of *molto (“malt”)
Declension

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