Comparative evidence

h₁melḱ, h₂melḱ, h₃melḱ

• Lat. mulceō -ēre ‘touch lightly’, ‘stroke’, ‘caress’, ‘pacify’, ‘relieve’, ‘soothe’ (OLD: 1140)

References

OLD = Glare, P. G. W. 1968. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.