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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/melhmô

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *mélḱmō, derived from a lost verb *melhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *melḱ- (“to cloud, overcast”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmelx.mɔːː/

Noun

*melhmô m

  1. cloud, overcast

Inflection
masculine an-stemDeclension of *melhmô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *melhmô *melhmaniz
vocative *melhmô *melhmaniz
accusative *melhmanų *melhmanunz
genitive *milhminiz *melhmanǫ̂
dative *milhmini *melhmammaz
instrumental *milhminē *melhmammiz
  • *mulhną

Descendants
  • Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌷𐌼𐌰 (milhma)

References
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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