mel-4

    mel-4

    English meaning: strong, big

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘stark, groß”

    Material: Gk. μάλα “very”, μᾶλλον “more” (for *μέλλον = Lat. melius eingetreten after θᾶσσον, θᾶττον : τάχα), μάλιστα “am meisten”; Lat. melior “better” (originally “*stronger”); multus “much, a lot of” (*ml̥to-); here multa, older molta “ punishment, penance, atonement”, multō, -üre “bestrafe”, Dialektwort, compare Osc. moltam “multam”, moltaum “moltare”, multasikad “multaticia”, Umbr. motar “multae”, mutu “multa” (*ml̥tü “Vergũtung, replacement”; compare Gmc. *bōtō “penance, atonement”: *bata- “better”); Ltv. milns “very much, a lot of”.

    References: WP. II 292, WH. II 63 f., 123 f.

    See also: A through ĝ (h) extension root form is perhaps melĝ h- “to swell”, see there.