mellt
Welsh (Colloquial)
/meːɬd/, /mɛɬd/
noun
Definitions
- lightning
- (in the singulative) a flash or bolt of lightning
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (speak, pray, ask).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*meldʰ-
Gloss
speak, pray, ask
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
祈
Emoji
🗣️ 🗣️ 🙊
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mjollnir English
- молния Russian
- *meldʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *meldunjaz Proto-Germanic
- *mildijaz Proto-Germanic
- Mjölner Swedish
- Mjǫllnir Old Norse
- Mjölnir Icelandic
- mellten Welsh
- մաղթ Old Armenian
- мълниꙗ Old East Slavic
- *ᛗᛖᛚᛚᚢᚾᛁᚨᛉ Proto-Norse
- *maɫ(d)tʰi- Proto-Armenian