mō-, mo-lo-

    mō-, mo-lo-

    English meaning: to strain oneself

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘sich mũhen”

    Material: Gk. μῶλος “Anstrengung, toil”, μωλέω, Cret. μωλίω “prozessiere”, μῶλυς “ermattet”, perhaps μόλις “barely” (ο for ω after μόγις); ἄ-μοτος “ fatigueless “; Lat. mōlēs f. “load, mass”, Denom. mōlior, -īrī “with Anstrengung wegschaffen”, mŏlestus ‘sullen, grievous, troublesome, annoying, beschwerlich” (analogy to modestus); Goth. af-mauiÞs “ermũdet”, O.H.G. muoan, M.H.G. mũen, mũejen “beunruhigen, beschweren”, Dutch moeijen “belästigen, bemũhen”; O.H.G. muodi, O.S. mōði “ tired “, O.E. mēðe “ tired, grieving “, O.Ice. mōðr “ tired “; Lith. pri-si-muolėti ‘sich abmũhen”; Russ. máj-u, -atь “exhaust, plague”, majá, majetá “plague, hard Anstrengung”, etc.

    References: WP. II 301 f., WH. II 101 f., Trautmann 188;

    See also: probably to mē-5.