Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/melō
Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mélh₂-ti, from *melh₂- (“to grind”).
Verb
*melō first-singular present indicative
- to grind
Inflection
| Inflection of *melō (athematic) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Present | *melō | |
| Perfect | *memolai | |
| Aorist | — | |
| Past participle | *maltos | |
| Present indicative | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *melō | *melōr |
| 2nd sing. | *melas | *melazo |
| 3rd sing. | *melat | *melator |
| 1st plur. | *malamos | *malamor |
| 2nd plur. | *malates | — |
| 3rd plur. | *malent | *malentor |
| Present subjunctive | Active | Passive |
| 1st sing. | *melām | *melār |
| 2nd sing. | *melās | *melāzo |
| 3rd sing. | *melād | *melātor |
| 1st plur. | *melāmos | *melāmor |
| 2nd plur. | *melātes | — |
| 3rd plur. | *melānd | *melāntor |
| Perfect indicative | Active | |
| 1st sing. | *memolai | |
| 2nd sing. | *memolistai? | |
| 3rd sing. | *memolei | |
| 1st plur. | *memolme? | |
| 2nd plur. | *memole | |
| 3rd plur. | *memolēri | |
| Aorist indicative | Active | |
| 1st sing. | — | |
| 2nd sing. | — | |
| 3rd sing. | — | |
| 1st plur. | — | |
| 2nd plur. | — | |
| 3rd plur. | — | |
| Present imperative | Active | Passive |
| 2nd sing. | *mela | *melazo |
| 2nd plur. | *melate | — |
| Future imperative | Active | |
| 2nd + 3rd sing. | *melatōd | |
| Participles | Present | Past |
| *melants | *maltos | |
| Verbal nouns | tu-derivative | s-derivative |
| *maltus | *melazi | |
Derived terms
- *kom-melō
- Umbrian: 𐌊𐌖𐌌𐌀𐌋𐌕𐌖 (kumaltu, 3sg. impv.), 𐌊𐌖𐌌𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌔 (kumates), comatir (ppp. abl. pl. n.)
Descendants
- Latin: molō
- Faliscan: meletom (participle perfect)[1]
- >? Umbrian: 𐌌𐌀𐌋𐌄𐌕𐌖 (maletu) (participle perfect)
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 386-387