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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moldъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”). Cognates include Latin mollis (“soft, mild”) and Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdú, “soft, mild, weak”).

Adjective

*mȏldъ[1][2]

  1. young
    Synonym: *junъ

Declension

Derived terms

  • *moldostь (“youth, youthfulness, adolescence”)
  • *moldežь (“youth”)
  • *molděti (“to be young”)
  • *moldenьcь (“infant, child, youth”)
  • *moldiťь (“youngling”)
  • *moldę (“youngling, cub, baby”)
    • *moldętьce (“puppy, kitten, little one, etc.”)
  • *moldikъ (“something or somebody young”)
  • *moldь (“youth”)
  • *moldokъ (“novice, youth, young tree”)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молодой”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȏldъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 323: “adj. o (c) ‘young’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “moldъ molda moldo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 109, 146, 172; PR 138)”
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