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Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/malɨd

This Proto-Brythonic 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-Brythonic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *meleti, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂-é-ti, from *melh₂- (“to crush, grind”) +‎ *-éti.[1][2]

Verb

*malɨd

  1. to grind, crush

Descendants
  • Old Breton: maletic
    • Middle Breton: malaff
      • Breton: malaff
  • Middle Welsh: malaf

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mal-o-, *mel-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 255
  2. Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 169
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