melōdh- (molǝdh-, molǝdh-)

melōdh- (molǝdh-, molǝdh-)
    melōdh- (molǝdh-, molǝdh-)
    English meaning: elevation; head
    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Erhöhung, Kopf”
    Material: O.Ind. mūrdhá n- m. “head”, Av. ka-mǝrǝδa- “Kopf daēvischer Wesen” (actually “was for ein Kopf); Gk. βλωθρός (*mlodh-rós or *molǝdhró s with idg- ḹ) “high aufschießend, high gewachsen”, also βλαστός ‘scion, shoot, Trieb” (*mlǝdh-tos); μέλαθρον ‘stubendecke, roof” (*melǝdhrom); O.E. molda “the top of the head”, O.Fris. meldke (*muldi-kō); Toch. A malto “zuerst”.
    References: WP. II 295.

Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.

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