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* [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: /ˈmʲelkʊrm/ | * [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: /ˈmʲelkʊrm/ | ||
===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]]'' 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"). | ||
Folk etymology commonly analyses it as ''[[Contionary:milk|mílk]]'' ("milk") + ''[[contionary:worm|wórm]]'' ("worm"). | Folk etymology commonly analyses it as ''[[Contionary:milk|mílk]]'' ("milk") + ''[[contionary:worm|wórm]]'' ("worm"). | ||
{{Nm-noun-mh-2|mélkorm|mílkurm|snail}} | {{Nm-noun-mh-2|mélkorm|mílkurm|snail}} | ||