Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/melzti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *melźtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

This Indo-European root also gave rise to the Germanic form *meluks (“milk”), which was possibly later borrowed into Slavic as *melko (“milk”). Other Indo-European cognates of the same root include Latin mulgeō, Ancient Greek ἀμέλγω (amélgō), Lithuanian mélžti / mìlžti, 3sg. mélžia, Welsh blith, Tocharian A malke.

Verb

*melzti impf^[1]^[2]

(transitive, intransitive) to milk

Conjugation

Conjugation of *melzti, *mьlze, *mьlzetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mьlzenьje	*melzti	*melztъ	*mьlzlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mьlzenъ	*mьlzomъ
Active	*mьlzъ	*mьlzy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mьlz(ox)ъ	*mьlze	*mьlze	*mьlzǫ	*mьlzeši	*mьlzetь
Dual	*mьlz(ox)ově	*mьlz(e/os)ta	*mьlz(e/os)te	*mьlzevě	*mьlzeta	*mьlzete
Plural	*mьlz(ox)omъ	*mьlz(e/os)te	mьlzǫ, mьlzošę	*mьlzemъ	*mьlzete	*mьlzǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mьlzěaxъ	*mьlzěaše	*mьlzěaše	—	*mьlzi	*mьlzi
Dual	*mьlzěaxově	*mьlzěašeta	*mьlzěašete	*mьlzěvě	*mьlzěta	—
Plural	*mьlzěaxomъ	*mьlzěašete	*mьlzěaxǫ	*mьlzěmъ	*mьlzěte	—

Derived terms

*melza
*melzavъ
*melzivo / *melziva
*melzivъ
*melztva / *melztvъ
*melzьje?
*molzъ / *molza / *molzь
- *molzati, *molziti
- *molzьnъ

Related terms

*melko (“milk”)

Descendants

Church Slavonic: млѣсти (mlěsti), мельзити (melĭziti) (Russian)

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: мълзя (mǎlzja) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: му̏сти
  
  Latin script: mȕsti
- Slovene: mlẹ́sti, mólsti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Slovak: mĺzť (dialectal)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*melzti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 307: “v. ‘milk’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “melzti: mьlzǫ mьlzetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 208, 255)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*melzti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 307: “v. ‘milk’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “melzti: mьlzǫ mьlzetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 208, 255)”

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