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{{nm-headerˈmʲelkʊrm}} | |||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
From an Indo-European substrate language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)mel-|mel]]'' ("soft, weak, tender"). Cf. Romanian ''[[wikt:melc#Romanian|melc]]'' ("snail"), Welsh ''[[wikt:malwod#Welsh|malwod]]'' ("snails"), Latin ''[[wikt:mollis#Latin|mollis]]'' ("soft"), Old Armenian ''[[wikt:մեղկ#Old_Armenian|մեղկ]]'' (''mełk'', “soft, weak”) + native ''[[contionary:worm|wórm]]'' ("worm"). | From an Indo-European substrate language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)mel-|mel]]'' ("soft, weak, tender"). Cf. Romanian ''[[wikt:melc#Romanian|melc]]'' ("snail"), Welsh ''[[wikt:malwod#Welsh|malwod]]'' ("snails"), Latin ''[[wikt:mollis#Latin|mollis]]'' ("soft"), Old Armenian ''[[wikt:մեղկ#Old_Armenian|մեղկ]]'' (''mełk'', “soft, weak”) + native ''[[contionary:worm|wórm]]'' ("worm"). | ||
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Etymology
From an Indo-European substrate language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mel ("soft, weak, tender"). Cf. Romanian melc ("snail"), Welsh malwod ("snails"), Latin mollis ("soft"), Old Armenian մեղկ (mełk, “soft, weak”) + native wórm ("worm").
Folk etymology commonly analyses it as mílk ("milk") + wórm ("worm").
Noun
² mélkorm n.m. hard stem
- snail
Declension
| declension of mélkorm (mh declension) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mélkorm | mélkorman | mélkorms | mélkormas |
| genitive | mílkurms | mílkurmes | mílkurme | mílkurmse |
| dative | mélkorm | mélkormum | mélkormą | mélkormę |