Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/melwą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 beat; crush; grind”). Cognate with Latin molō (“mill; grist; grind”, verb).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmel.wɑ̃/

Noun

*melwą n

ground corn, meal, flour

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *melwą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*melwą	*melwō
vocative	*melwą	*melwō
accusative	*melwą	*melwō
genitive	melwas, milwis	*melwǫ̂
dative	*milwai	*melwamaz
instrumental	*melwō	*melwamiz

Related terms

*malaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *melu
- Old English: melu, melo, meolo
  - Middle English: mele, meale, meele, melow
    - English: meal
    - Scots: meil, mele
    - Yola: mele, mell
- Old Frisian: mele
  - North Frisian: meel, mal
  - Saterland Frisian: Meel
  - West Frisian: moal
- Old Saxon: melo
  - Middle Low German: mēle, mel
    - Dutch Low Saxon: mael
    - German Low German: Mehl
- Old Dutch: *melo
  - Middle Dutch: mēle, meel
    - Dutch: meel
      - Afrikaans: meel
      - Berbice Creole Dutch: meli
      - Negerhollands: meel, mil
      - → Arawak: meli
    - Limburgish: mael
- Old High German: melo
  - Middle High German: mël
    - Alemannic German: Mël, Mèhl
    - Bavarian: Mej, Möö
    - Central Franconian:
      Hunsrik: Meel
      Luxembourgish: Miel
    - German: Mehl
    - Rhine Franconian:
      Pennsylvania German: Mehl
    - Vilamovian: maoł
    - Yiddish: מעל‎ (mel)
Old Norse: mjǫl
- Icelandic: mjöl
- Faroese: mjøl
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mjøl
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: mjøl
- Old Swedish: miol, miøl, møl
  - Swedish: mjöl
- Old Danish: miel, miøl, miæl, mial, mel
  - Danish: mel
    - → Norwegian Bokmål: mel