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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/modliti

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

From metathesis ld > dl, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mold-, from Proto-Indo-European *moldʰ- (to ask, pray, speak).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian malda (request), maldýti (pray for).

Indo-European cognates include Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲 (ma-a-al-di /māldi/, to recite, make a vow, 3sg.pres.act.), Old Saxon meldōn (to report, tell), Old Armenian մաղթեմ (małtʿem).

Verb

modlìti impf [1]

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to ask, pray

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), молить”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), молить”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 539

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*modlìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 320: “v. ‘pray’ (b)”
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