Comparative evidence

h₁melḱ, h₂melḱ, h₃melḱ

• OInd. mr̥ś- 'touch', 'feel' (Whitney 1885: 126); 'stroke', 'handle'; 'touch mentally', 'consider', 'reflect', 'deliberate'; 'seize', 'grasp ' (MW: 831)

• OInd. mr̥ś- 'one who strokes', 'one who touches' (MW: 831)

References

MW = Monier-Williams, M. 1899. A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press.
Whitney 1885 = Whitney W. D. 1885. The roots, verb forms and primary derivatives of the Sanskrit language. A supplement to his Sanskrit grammar. Leipzig.