modla

modla Grammatical information: f. ā Proto-Slavic meaning: `idol'

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Czech:

modla `idol' [f ā];

modla (Kott) `sculpture, statue, temple' [f ā]

Old Czech:

modla `idol' [f ā]

Slovak:

modla `idol' [f ā]

Polish:

modɫa `sacrifice (obs.), prayer, idol' [f ā]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: moldaʔ

Lithuanian:

maldà `prayer' [f ā]

Old Prussian:

maddla `prayer' [f ā]

Indo-European reconstruction: moldʰ-(l?)-

Other cognates:

Hitt. ma-al-ta-i/ma-al-di `pray' [verb];

OS meldōn `report, tell' [verb]