Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъlinъ

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

Borrowed from Old High German mulīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu, from Late Latin molīna, molīnum.

The word might be a post-Proto-Slavic borrowing.

Noun

*mъlinъ m^[1]

(West and South Slavic) mill

Declension

Declension of *mъlinъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mъlinъ	*mъlina	*mъlini
genitive	*mъlina	*mъlinu	*mъlinъ
dative	*mъlinu	*mъlinoma	*mъlinomъ
accusative	*mъlinъ	*mъlina	*mъliny
instrumental	mъlinъmь, mъlinomь^*	*mъlinoma	*mъliny
locative	*mъlině	*mъlinu	*mъliněxъ
vocative	*mъline	*mъlina	*mъlini

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Church Slavonic: мълинъ (mŭlinŭ) (Serbian recension)
- Macedonian: млин (mlin) (dialectal)
- Old Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin script: mlin, malin, melin
  
  Cyrillic script: млин, малин, мелин
  - Serbo-Croatian:
    Latin script: (dialectal) màlin, mȁlin, mȁlan
    
    Cyrillic script: (dialectal) ма̀лин, ма̏лин, ма̏лан
- Slovene: mlȋn, málin (tonal orthography)
- → Hungarian: malom
West Slavic:
- Czech: mlýn
- Kashubian: młin
- Old Polish: młyn
  - Polish: młyn
  - →? Old East Slavic: млинъ (mlinŭ)
    - Old Ruthenian: млынъ (mlyn), млинъ (mlin)
      - Belarusian: млын (mlyn), млін (mlin)
      - Ukrainian: млин (mlyn)
    - Russian: (dialectal) млин (mlin)
  - →? Old Prussian: malunis
    - →? Old Lithuanian: malū̃nas
- Slovak: mlyn
- Slovincian: mlyn
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: młyn
  - Upper Sorbian: młyn

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “mъlinъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 223

Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “młyn”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 332
Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “młyn”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), page 201
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “млин”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “млин”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “млін”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
Snoj, Marko (2016) “mlȋn”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “mlýn”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 400
Václav Machek (1968) “mlýn”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 369
Králik, Ľubor (2016) “mlyn”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 364

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “mъlinъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 223

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