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Number: 1261
Root: mel-5
English meaning: member; to join
German meaning: `Glied; zusammenfügen'
Material: Ai. márman- n. `Glied, offene, ungeschützte Körperstelle', arm. marmin `Leib, Fleisch' (aus dem Iran.?), lit. mélmenys `Fleisch an den Nieren', lett. mēlmeńi `Weichen, Lenden'; anders Mühlenbach-Endzelin II 596 (aus *meldm- zu S. 718); gr. μέλος n. `Glied' und `gegliederte Weise, Gesang, Melodie', daher μελίζω `besinge'; bret. mell m., corn. mel, Pl. mellow `Knöchel', cymr. cym-mal `articulus, junctura, commissura' (urkelt. *melso- : μέλος = lit. tamsiá : ai. támas n.); toch. AB mälk- `zusammenfügen'.
References: WP. II 292.
Pages: 720
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *mal-/-e-
Meaning: member (of body)
Tokharian: B mlyuwe 'thigh' (Adams 480)
Old Indian: márman- n. `joint of a limb; open or sensitive part of body'
Old Greek: mélos n. `Glied'
Celtic: Cymr cym-mal `articulus, junctura, commissura', Corn mal, pl. mellow `Knöchel', Bret mell
Russ. meaning: член тела
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *mel-mō̃ (-men-es) (Lith AC / Lett CIRC)
Meaning: waist, flesh aroud the kidneys
Lithuanian: mélmenīs pl. `die Nieren umgebende Fleischteile', melmuõ `Kreuz, Rückgrat'
Lettish: mèlmen̨i, mel̂men̨i, mel̂mini, mel̂menes2 pl., `Kreuz des Körpers, Krezschnerzen; Weichen, Lendengegend; Yüften; zwei Müskeln unter am Rückgrat nach den Nietren zu (wenn diede inflammiert werden, verursacht es grosse Pein und eine schwere Krznkeit); Gicht'
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