melas
Lithuanian
/ˈmʲæːɫas/
noun
Definitions
- lie
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (soft, deceive, tender, weak, wrong, bad, strong, limb, dirty, dark, red, cause chaos, big, hesitate, better, be late).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mel-
Gloss
soft, deceive, tender, weak, wrong, bad, strong, limb, dirty, dark, red, cause chaos, big, hesitate, better, be late
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
暗, 闇, 冥
Emoji
🍦 🔈️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- malafide English
- malus English
- mollification English
- mulierose English
- *malifātiu(s), *malifatius Latin
- *malifātius Latin
- augurium Latin
- bonus Latin
- emolliēns Latin
- male Latin
- male habitus Latin
- malefacio Latin
- malignus Latin
- malitas Latin
- malitia Latin
- malitās, malitas, malitātem Latin
- malus Latin
- mollis Latin
- molluscus Latin
- muliebris Latin
- mulier Latin
- muliēbris Latin
- pessica Latin
- Malbuch German
- ausmalen German
- bemalen German
- malen German
- malo Italian
- malheur French
- mal Spanish, Castilian
- malo Spanish, Castilian
- βλεννός Ancient Greek
- μάλα Ancient Greek
- μέλος Ancient Greek
- μαλθακός Ancient Greek
- μᾶλλον Ancient Greek
- μῆλον Ancient Greek
- *(h₂)moldus Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)mal- Proto-Indo-European
- *mel- Proto-Indo-European
- *mey- Proto-Indo-European
- *mailą Proto-Germanic
- *moľь Proto-Slavic
- mal Old French
- mal Catalan, Valencian
- malo Galician
- melc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- малус Bulgarian
- mālen Middle High German
- mao Old Portuguese
- *malnos Proto-Celtic
- *meldo Proto-Celtic
- *mello- Proto-Celtic
- *malos Proto-Italic
- aguamala Asturian
- malu Asturian
- mal Old Occitan
- malvat Old Occitan
- mala Sicilian
- mali Sicilian
- malu Sicilian
- mal Dalmatian
- mul Dalmatian
- mau Bourguignon
- malu Sardinian
- mal Interlingua
- *mel(n)- bat-pro