Where does “μᾰ́λᾰ” come from?

μᾰ́λᾰ (Ancient Greek) comes from Indo-European *mel-.

Ancestry of “μᾰ́λᾰ”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Indo-European	*mel-	—

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