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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mili

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mélit.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.li/

Noun

*mili n

  1. honey

Inflection

The nominative singular form lacks the final consonant of the stem, similar to *alu, due to Pre-Germanic loss of final *-t. However, in this case, *þ became *d in the oblique cases due to Verner's law.

neuter consonant stemDeclension of *mili (neuter consonant stem)
singular
nominative *mili
vocative *mili
accusative *mili
genitive *milidiz
dative *milidi
instrumental *milidē

Derived terms

Descendants

Mostly in compounds, where the first part was later reanalysed as meaning 'flour' in most languages.

  • Old English: *mele (in compounds: mildēaw, meledēaw; milisc, melsc; milescian)
    • Middle English: meldeu, mildewe; melsche, molsh
  • Old Saxon: milidou
    • Middle Low German: meldow
      • Low German: Meldau
  • Old High German: militou
    • Middle High German: miltou
      • German Meltau, Mehltau
        • Dutch meeldauw
  • Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌸 (miliþ)
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