Comparative evidence

melh₂

• Arm. malem va. 'bruise', 'mash', 'crush'; 'break to pieces'; 'chew'; 'castrate', 'geld' (Bedrossian 1879: 446)

References

Bedrossian 1879 = Bedrossian, M.M. 1879. New Dictionary Armenian - English. Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy.