Reconstruction:Old Armenian/մուլ-

This Old Armenian 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.

Old Armenian

Etymology

Either a secondary creation based on մամուլ (mamul) or an old derivative of Proto-Indo-European *mlH- or *molh₂- or *mu(e)lh₂-, ablaut grades of *melh₂- (“to grind”). Compare Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē, “mill”).

Verb

*մուլ- • (*mul-)

1. to grind
2. to rub

Derived terms

• մլաղաց (mlałacʻ)
• մլմլեմ (mlmlem)

Descendants

• Armenian: մլակ (mlak), մլուկ (mluk), մլիկ (mlik), մղմեղ (mġmeġ), մուղ (muġ)
• Old Armenian: մղեղ (młeł)

References

• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 443
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press