Proto-Baltic: *mel-a-, *mal-a- adj., *mel-ja-, -ia- c., *mel̃s- vb. tr.
Meaning: lies
Lithuanian: mẽla-s, žem. mãla-s `Lüge'
Lettish: męli pl. `Lüge', melis, f. mele `Lügner, -in', mèlst (-šu, -su) `faseln, flunkern, verwirrt reden; Unsinn schwatzen'