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Indogermanisches Etymologisches Woerterbuch [Pokorny] :

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Record number: 1266

Root / lemma: meldh-2

English meaning: lightning

German meaning: `Blitz, Hammer des Donnergottes'

Material: Cymr. Pl. mellt, Sg. -en `Blitz', mit sekunda"rem t;

    aisl. mjo,llnir `Thors Hammer' (*mel[u]nii_az); dazu aisl. poet. myln `Feuer'; apr. mealde (*meldi_a:) `Blitz', tiefstufig lett. milna (*mildna) `der Hammer des Donnerers'; wruss. maladn/a `Blitz' (*meldün/a), tiefstufig abg. mlúnüji, russ. mo/lnija ds. (*müldnüji).

References: WP. II 300, Trautmann 177.

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