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Number: 1259
Root: mel-3
English meaning: to hesitate
German meaning: `zögern'
Material: Gr. μέλλω, Fut. μελλήσω `zögere, bin im Begriffe' (μόλις `kaum'?); μέλει μοι `es liegt mir am Herzen', μέλω, -ομαι, -ήσω, μέμηλα (dor. μέμᾱλα), μέμβλεται `am Herzen, im Sinne liegen, besorgtsein', μελέδη, μελεδών, μελέδημα `Sorge', μελέτη ds., μελέτωρ `Fürsorger'; lat. prō-mellere(-ll- = -ln-) `lītem prōmovēre', re-melīgō `remoratrix', re-mulcum `Schlepptau', prō-mulcum ds.; air. mall (*ml̥-so-) `langsam'.
References: WP. II 291 f., WH. II 370, 427 f.
Pages: 720
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *mel-
Meaning: to linger
Old Greek: méllō `bestimmt sein, sollen, müssen; im Begriff sein, gedenken, Bedenken tragen, zögern, zaudern'
Latin: prōmellere `litem promovere' (Paul. Fest. 335), remelīgō, -inis f. `Verzögerung'
Russ. meaning: медлить
References: WP II 291 f
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