Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/milḥ-
Appearance
Proto-West Semitic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂-, zero grade of *melh₂- (“to grind”), as in "grounded (salt)".
Noun
[edit]*milḥ- m
Descendants
[edit]- Central Semitic:
References
[edit]- Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 239
- Bernard, Chams (2024). "Indo-European Salt and Semitic Bulls. On the Etymology of *milḥ “Salt” and *θawr “Bull”" Zeitschrift der Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft 174, 117-132.