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Proto-Italic · reconstructed language

*melō

verb

Meaning

  1. to grind

Etymology / origin

From Proto-Indo-European *mélh₂-ti ~ *ml̥h₂-énti, athematic root present of *melh₂- (“to grind”). Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *mélˀtei (“to grind”).

  1. *mélˀtei(ine-bsl-pro)
  2. melō (Proto-Italic)
  3. Relations: cog

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