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===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"). | ||