μάλκη: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">numbness for cold, in hands and feet</b>, pl. [[chilblain]] (Nic.); <b class="b3">μάλκην τὸ ἐπικόπανον</b> (chopping-block). <b class="b3">Πάριοι</b> H.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">μάλκιον</b> ntr. (comp. as <b class="b3">ῥίγιον</b>?): <b class="b3">φάρμακον ἀσθενές τε καὶ μάλκιον</b> (Anon. ap. Suid.), sup. <b class="b3">μαλκίστατον ἦμαρ</b> (Call. Fr. [[anon]]. 45). Denom. verb <b class="b3">μαλκίω</b> (after <b class="b3">ἰδίω</b>; s. v.) <b class="b2">become numb for cold, freeze</b> (A. Fr. 332 [652 Mette], X., D., Ael.; often written <b class="b3">μαλακίω</b> after <b class="b3">μαλακός</b>), <b class="b3">μαλκιό-ωντι</b> ptc. dat. sg. (Arat. 294, metri c.), <b class="b3">μαλκιῆν ὑπὸ κρύους κατεσκληκέναι καὶ δυσκίνητος εἶναι</b> (Phot.). Here also <b class="b3">μαλκόν μαλακόν</b> H.? (after Specht KZ 59, 97 "weakening" of <b class="b3">μαλακόν</b>).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: No explanation. Persson BB 19, 262 wants to connect Lith. <b class="b2">mùlkis</b> [[dullard]], OCS [[mlьčati]] <b class="b2">be silent, dumb</b> a. o. words, that are on themselves of doubtful connection, s. Fraenkel and Vasmer Wb. s. vv.; details with further connection that are to be rejected in Bq s. v., also W.-Hofmann s. [[flaccus]]. -- The connection with <b class="b3">μαλακός</b> (Persson a. o.; thus Bechtel Dial. 3, 315 for <b class="b3">μάλκη</b> = <b class="b3">ἐπικόπανον</b> referring to sch. on Nic. Th. 381) is semantically not convincing; vgl. WP. 2, 290, Pok. 719. - A form <b class="b3">μαλκ-</b> can hardly be explained from IE.

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