Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/malmaz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/malmaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind”).

Noun

*malmaz m

1. sand
2. (mineral) ore

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *malmaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*malmaz	*malmōz, *malmōs
vocative	*malm	*malmōz, *malmōs
accusative	*malmą	*malmanz
genitive	*malmas, *malmis	*malmǫ̂
dative	*malmai	*malmamaz
instrumental	*malmō	*malmamiz

Related terms

• *melmaz
• *mulmaz

Descendants

• Old English: mealm; mealmstān
  • Middle English: malme
    • Scots: maum; maumie
    • English: malm, maulm, maum, mawm
      • Dutch: malm
• Old High German: *malm
  • Middle High German: malm
    • German: Malm (dialectal); malmen, zermalmen
• Old Norse: malmr
  • Icelandic: málmur
  • Faroese: málmur
  • Norwegian: malm
  • Old Swedish: malmer
    • Swedish: malm
  • Danish: malm
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌼𐌰 (malma)