Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *meldǭScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_meldǭ
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βλίτονpurple amaranth; orache
nounfeminineōn-stema plant of the genus Chenopodium, goosefoota plant of the genus Atriplex, orache, saltbushPut to Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- because of the mealy texture of its leaves. Compare the meaning range of the descendants of Old Norse mjǫll which is from the same root, Icelandic mjöll (‘fresh snow’), Norwegian mjell, mjøll (‘light, dry snow’), Swedish mjäll (‘dandruff’), Danish mæld, mjæld (‘fluff on corollae’). But note Proto-Slavic *lebeda of the same meaning range, and also Ancient Greek βλίτον (blíton, ‘purple amaranth; orache’); both are of unknown origin.