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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *miltiją</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
      </titleStmt>
      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_miltiją</idno>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_ine-x-proto_s_meld" xml:lang="ine-x-proto" type="etymon">
          <orth>*(s)meld-</orth>
        </item>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_miltija" type="noun" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/miltiją">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>miltiją</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈmil.ti.jɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛗᛁᛚᛏᛁᛃᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>noun</pos>
            <gram type="gender">neuter</gram>
            <gram type="stem">ja-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>spleen</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From Proto-Indo-European <mentioned xml:lang="ine-x-proto" target="#cog_ine-x-proto_s_meld"><ref target="#cog_ine-x-proto_s_meld">*(s)meld-</ref></mentioned> (‘to beat, grind, crush, weaken’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom">
              <orth>miltiją</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom">
              <orth>miltijō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc">
              <orth>miltiją</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc">
              <orth>miltijō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen">
              <orth>miltijas, miltīs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen">
              <orth>miltijǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat">
              <orth>miltijai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat">
              <orth>miltijamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr">
              <orth>miltijō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr">
              <orth>miltijamiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #voc">
              <orth>miltiją</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #voc">
              <orth>miltijō</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*miltī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Lombardic</lang>
                    <orth>*milzi</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Lombard</lang>
                      <orth>melsa, melza, meussa</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Piedmontese</lang>
                      <orth>mersa, meussa, mirsa, minsa</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*miltī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Lombardic</lang>
                    <orth>*milzi</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Italian</lang>
                      <orth>milza</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Maltese</lang>
                        <orth>milsa</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*miltī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*milti</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>milte</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>milt</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*miltī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>milzi</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>milze</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>Milz</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Hunsrik</lang>
                        <orth>Mils</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                        <orth>Mëlz</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Vilamovian</lang>
                        <orth>myłc</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>milti</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Danish</lang>
                    <orth>milt</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>milti, milt</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>milta</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                    <orth>milt</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>milt</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>mjälte</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
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