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English meaning                      to hesitate

German meaning                     `zögern'

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Material                                   Gr. μέλλω, Fut. μελλήσω `zögere, bin im Begriffe' (μόλις `kaum'?); μέλει μοι `es liegt mir am Herzen', μέλω, -ομαι, -ήσω, μέμηλα (dor. μέμᾱλα), μέμβλεται `am Herzen, im Sinne liegen, besorgtsein', μελέδη, μελεδών, μελέδημα `Sorge', μελέτη ds., μελέτωρ `Fürsorger'; lat. prō-mellere(-ll- = -ln-) `lītem prōmovēre', re-melīgō `remoratrix', re-mulcum `Schlepptau', prō-mulcum ds.; air. mall (*ml̥-so-) `langsam'.

References                              WP. II 291 f., WH. II 370, 427 f.

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