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mel-1
Soft; with derivatives referring to soft or softened materials of various kinds. - Extended form *meld‑.
- melt, from Old English meltan, to melt, from Germanic *meltan.
- Possibly Germanic *miltja‑. milt, from Old English milte, spleen, and Middle Dutch milte, milt.
- Possibly Germanic *malta‑. malt, from Old English mealt, malt.
- Suffixed variant form *mled-sno‑. blenny, from Greek blennos, slime, also a name for the blenny.
- Suffixed zero-grade form *ml̥d-wi‑. moil, mojito, mollify, mollusk, mouillé; emollient, from Latin mollis, soft.
- Possibly nasalized variant form *mlad‑. bland, blandish, from Latin blandus, smooth, caressing, flattering, soft-spoken.
- Variant form *smeld‑.
- smelt1, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German smelten, to smelt;
- schmaltz, from Old High German smalz, animal fat;
- smalt, from Italian smalto, enamel, glaze;
- enamel, from Old French esmail, enamel. a-d all from Germanic *smelt‑;
- smelt2, from Old English smelt, smylt, a marine fish, smelt, perhaps from Germanic *smelt‑.
- Extended form *meldh‑.
- mild, from Old English milde, mild, from Germanic *mildja‑.
- Possibly Greek maltha, a mixture of wax and pitch maltha.
- Suffixed form *mel-sko‑. mulch, from Old English mel(i)sc, mylsc, mild, mellow, from Germanic *mil-sk‑.
- Extended form *ml̥ək‑. bonanza, chondromalacia, malacology, osteomalacia, from Greek malakos, soft.
- Possibly Celtic *molto‑, sheep. mutton, from Old French moton, sheep.
- Possibly suffixed zero-grade form *(ə)ml-u‑. amblygonite, amblyopia, from Greek amblus, blunt, dull, dim.
[Pokorny 1. mel‑ 716.] |
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