Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/melivo

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

From *melti +‎ *-ivo.

Noun

*melivo n

1. grist

   Synonyms: *mlivo, *melvo, *melnica, *melnьje, *meltьje, *meltva, *melja, *meldlo

Inflection

Declension of *melivo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*melivo	*melivě	*meliva
genitive	*meliva	*melivu	*melivъ
dative	*melivu	*melivoma	*melivomъ
accusative	*melivo	*melivě	*meliva
instrumental	*melivъmь, *melivomь*	*melivoma	*melivy
locative	*melivě	*melivu	*melivěxъ
vocative	*melivo	*melivě	*meliva

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ме́ліва (mjéliva)
  • Russian: ме́лево (mélevo), ме́ливо (mélivo)
  • Ukrainian: ме́лево (mélevo)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ме́ливо (mélivo) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: меливо (melivo)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: mȅᶅȋvo

  • Slovene: melȋvo
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: melivo
    • Czech: melivo
  • Polish: mieliwo (rare)
  • Slovak: melivo

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*melivo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 83