meleth

noun. love

meleth

noun. love

Cognates

• ᴹQ. melme “love” ✧ Ety/MEL

Derivations

• ᴹ√MEL “love (as friend)” ✧ Ety/MEL

Element in

• ᴺS. melethel “darling, sweetheart”
• ᴺS. melethor “lover”
• N. melethril “lover (f.)” ✧ Ety/MEL
• N. melethron “lover (m.)” ✧ Ety/MEL

Elements

Word	Gloss
MEL	“love (as friend)”
-th	“abstract noun”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√MEL > meleth	[melette] > [melettʰe] > [meleθθe] > [meleθθ] > [meleθ]	✧ Ety/MEL

mel-

verb. to love

mîl

noun. love, affection