молоть

Russian

verb
Definitions
  • to grind, to mill to make smaller by breaking with a device
  • (colloquial) to talk nonsense

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *melti (grind, mill) root from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (grind, crush, dark color, rub, mill, beat, break up, black, pound).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*melh₂-

Gloss

grind, crush, dark color, rub, mill, beat, break up, black, pound

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

黒

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