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Reconstruction:Proto-Albanian/mlē(n-)

This Proto-Albanian entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ml-eh₁- (“to crush, grind”), related to *mel(h₂)-. Cognate to Old Church Slavonic млѣти (mlěti, “to grind”).[1]

Verb

*mlē(n-)

  1. I grind

Descendants
  • Albanian: mjell

References
  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 268
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